‘Negatively’: How the world sees China has shifted in the Xi era

Global opinion of China, under Chairman Xi Jinping, has shifted and become more negative, according to a Washington-based think tank. Multiple factors have affected views of China over time in several countries, including the US, South Korea, Japan and Australia. The Pew Research Center research says the sense that China has handled COVID-19 poorly and is at fault for the virus’s spread certainly is related to negative opinions of the superpower, but is not the only factor driving attitudes. “Rather, negative views of China were already rising prior to the pandemic,” it says. President Xi Jinping – who is likely…