A Pew Research Center survey published on July 15, 2026, found that more people around the world favor China over the United States, with greater confidence expressed in Xi Jinping than in Donald Trump.
Pew Research Center, a US-based think tank, conducted the survey across multiple nations. BBC News reported the results, which showed China favored over the US in many of the countries polled.
NPR said the shift in global opinion was driven by two forces: perceptions of China have improved, and views of the United States have declined. NPR attributed both trends as contributing factors to the change in standing between the two countries.