Chinese give a lukewarm nod to Clinton
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A survey released yesterday found Hillary Clinton is better liked than Donald Trump in China, where the United States presidential election a hot topic.
Clinton was seen favorably by 37 percent of respondents in China’s mainland conducted by the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, while just 22 percent saw Trump favorably. Thirty-five percent of respondents saw Clinton unfavorably but 40 percent had an unfavorable impression of Trump.
The survey found that Chinese interest in America comes with strong skepticism. More than 80 percent of respondents said they considered the US a threat.
US President Barack Obama was seen favorably by 52 percent of respondents, up from 31 percent in a similar survey in 2013 but below the 62 percent soon after he took office in 2009.
The next US president will have to work with China on some important fronts. On issues like climate change, both countries jointly announced last month that they would join an international agreement to cut carbon emissions.
On other issues, like the South China Sea and North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the US and China are deeply divided.
Pew’s survey was conducted between April 6 and May 8 and included in-person interviews with more than 3,100 Chinese. Pew said it had a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.
Participants were asked how much confidence they had in Obama, Clinton and Trump to “do the right thing regarding world affairs.”
Clinton has a longer history of engagement with China than Trump, dating back more than two decades to her 1995 speech in Beijing in which the then-US first lady declared that “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” As secretary of state, Clinton oversaw the US “pivot” to the Pacific, a hallmark of Obama’s foreign policy that has been derided by China.
Trump has made some of his signature clothing line in China and boasted during the campaign of his dealings with Chinese businessmen. But he has repeatedly blamed China for the loss of American jobs.
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