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    "parsed_content": "Trump-Xi SummitliveUpdatesArtificial IntelligenceTrade Truce ExtendedTrump\u2019s StrategyXi\u2019s HealthRare EarthsAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTAs Trump Welcomes Xi, More Americans Have a Positive View of ChinaExperts attribute the changing mood to fading memories of the coronavirus pandemic, awareness of China\u2019s tech innovations and disaffection with President Trump\u2019s trade wars.Listen \u00b7 5:58 min Share full article \nShare of Americans who have a cold, neutral \nor warm view of China2016201820202022202420260102030405060 percent54%19%27%ColdNeutralWarmShare of Americans who have a cold, neutral or warm view of China2016201820202022202420260102030405060 percentCold54%19%NeutralWarm27%Source: Pew Research Center.Arfa Momin\/The New York TimesBy Anton TroianovskiSept. 23, 2026\u9605\u8bfb\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\u7248\u95b1\u8b80\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\u7248See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google President Trump\u2019s shift to a friendlier stance on China mirrors a startling change in public opinion. Across the political spectrum, more Americans are seeing China in a positive light.Surveys from leading pollsters, including two released this week, show that China\u2019s image in the United States has improved markedly in recent years. People are still skeptical about China, but as Mr. Trump prepares to give the country\u2019s leader, Xi Jinping, a warm welcome in Washington this week, his accommodation echoes what some experts see as a desire among Americans for a more stable relationship with Beijing.\u201cThere really is this warming toward China, even if on balance views still remain fairly negative,\u201d said Laura Silver, an associate director at the Pew Research Center, which published survey data on Wednesday showing that 54 percent of Americans now have a \u201ccold\u201d view of China, compared with 68 percent in 2021.The surveys do not pinpoint the reasons for the shift, which appears to be more pronounced among younger Americans. But experts point to fading memories of the coronavirus pandemic, awareness of China\u2019s tech innovations and disaffection with Mr. Trump\u2019s trade wars as contributing to a changing mood that could affect how U.S. politicians approach China.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a think tank that has long studied the country\u2019s foreign policy views, has picked up a reversal over just the last two years. By 2024, the share of Americans who favored \u201cfriendly cooperation and engagement with China\u201d had declined to just 40 percent. But when the organization asked the question again this July, that number had risen to 57 percent, including 68 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Republicans, according to data published this week.\u201cThe attitudes toward China have been really surprising,\u201d said Dina Smeltz, a former State Department official who oversees the Chicago Council\u2019s polling. \u201cThey\u2019ve shifted from a majority wanting to limit the rise of China and limit its influence to now a majority of Americans wanting to engage cooperatively with China.\u201dThe research organization Gallup found earlier this year that the share of Americans with a favorable view of China had risen to 34 percent, more than double the low point in 2023.The surveys all point to a changed national mood compared with a decade ago, when Mr. Trump\u2019s harsh anti-China rhetoric helped define his winning presidential campaign. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. largely maintained and expanded Mr. Trump\u2019s tough policies, including tariffs and export controls, cementing what appeared to be a bipartisan consensus that the United States needed to push back hard against China\u2019s rise.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTNow that consensus has weakened, as made plain by Mr. Trump himself. He stepped back last year from tariffs as high as 145 percent to pursue what has looked like an effort of reconciliation with China. It was on display in his deferential visit to Beijing in April and what is expected to be a lavish welcome for Mr. Xi this week \u2014 all without Beijing making major concessions on longstanding U.S. demands on trade or security issues.ImagePeople photographed President Trump\u2019s motorcade in Beijing during his visit in May.Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesThe polls show that Republicans remain more hawkish on China than Democrats, though Republicans\u2019 views of China have grown more positive as well \u2014 perhaps a reflection of Mr. Trump\u2019s own shift. Despite the country\u2019s polarization, Democrats have also moved in the same direction.Sign up for the On Politics newsletter. It's a pivotal moment for American politics. Join us for 2026 and beyond. Get it sent to your inbox.Just a year or two ago, politicians could \u201cpropose almost any kind of tough policy against China and the public would be behind it,\u201d said Bruce Stokes, an expert on foreign policy polling at the German Marshall Fund, a think tank. \u201cThis public opinion data seems to suggest that support for a tough-on-China policy has weakened a little bit.\u201dAmericans\u2019 views of China, of course, could quickly shift again, especially amid fears of its artificial intelligence prowess and the risk of armed conflict over Taiwan. Pollsters note that Americans generally spend little time thinking about foreign policy and rarely let international issues determine how they vote.But people who study the U.S. relationship with China see the polling figures as reflective of a changing geopolitical dynamic and, perhaps, angst over the United States\u2019 place in the world. In the Pew and Chicago Council polls, younger adults are significantly more positively disposed toward China, evidence of a generational shift.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\u201cYounger people have known China as a superpower,\u201d Ms. Silver, the Pew researcher, said. Older generations, by contrast, are more likely to associate China with the developing world, Communism and the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, she said.Younger people may also be more aware of China\u2019s technological innovations and cultural exports, as evidenced by the \u201cChinamaxxing\u201d trends ricocheting around the internet. That awareness comes in contrast to a sense of a decline in the United States\u2019 global standing: 62 percent of Americans say the country is respected less in the world today than it was 10 years ago, according to the Chicago Council.\u201cYou see fears of what\u2019s happening to America be refracted through assessments of China,\u201d said Nick Zeller, a scholar at the Carter Center in Atlanta who tracks how China and the United States perceive each other. \u201cThis positive assessment toward China has more to do with American political tumult domestically than it does China itself.\u201dFrom the commentsAnton TroianovskiReporter covering foreign policyMultiple polls this year have a clear finding: Americans are warming to China, even if most people remain wary. The trend is bipartisan and especially pronounced among young people. But while the tendency is clear, the reasons for it are complex \u2014 and could loom over President Trump\u2019s summit with Xi Jinping this week.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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