Laura Silver

Only three-in-ten Americans say it is a very serious problem for the United States if Xi Jinping assumes a third term as China’s leader.

Elections in Italy and Sweden have underscored the growing electoral strength that populist parties have displayed in Europe in recent years.

The Chinese Communist Party is preparing for its 20th National Congress, an event likely to result in an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. Since Xi took office in 2013, opinion of China in the U.S. and other advanced economies has turned more negative. How did it get to be this way?

While 26% of U.S. adults became more negative toward China between 2020 and 2022, 17% became more positive toward it.

A median of 68% across 19 countries think their country has done a good job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, with majorities saying this in every country surveyed except Japan. However, most also believe the pandemic has created greater divisions in their societies and exposed weaknesses in their political systems – and these view are especially common in the U.S.

A large majority of Americans (78%) say tensions between China and Taiwan are at least a somewhat serious problem for the United States.

67% of U.S. adults express a favorable view of the Israeli people; a much smaller share (48%) says the same about the Israeli government.

As President Joe Biden embarks on his first visit to Israel as president, he does so against an amicable backdrop: A majority of adults in both Israel and the United States have favorable views of the other country and the current state of bilateral relations, though Americans’ views on Israel differ sharply by party and age.

Much larger shares of people in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the United States.