Unfavourable views of China at ‘historic high’, global attitudes to Xi worsening, says Pew report


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New Delhi: A new report from the Pew Research Center, a US-based think tank, indicates that unfavourable views towards China are at a “historic high” and global attitudes towards Chinese President Xi Jinping have become progressively more negative. This comes on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, scheduled to start on 16 October, during which Xi is expected to be re-elected for an unprecedented third term as the party’s general secretary. The report looks at global sentiments vis-à-vis China’s global influence, military, human rights record, economy and more. “Unfavourable views [of China] are at or near...