China’s Economic Power

Most Americans do perceive China as an economic competitor. In a NBC/WSJ poll of May 2005, 61% identified China as “a serious economic competitor of the United States” with another 30% saying that China will be “will be a serious economic competitor to the United States in the future.” Just 5% said that it will never be an economic competitor.
At the same time Americans lean slightly toward having a positive view of China’s economic growth—which is not a contradiction given American belief in the stimulative value of economic competition. A December 2005 CNN/USA Today poll found 48% thought “the growth of China as a major economy” was a positive development for the United States, while 46% saw it as a negative development. Asked by Pew in May 2005 “do you think that China's growing economy is a good thing or a bad thing for our country?” 49% said it was a good thing and 40% said it was a bad thing. When asked about the possibility of China becoming “significantly more powerful economically than it is today” (emphasis added), the response was divided. Forty-six percent said it would be mostly positive while 45% said it would be mostly negative. (BBC World Service Poll conducted by GlobeScan/PIPA November 2004).

This same pattern was found in questions that ask about whether China’s economic growth is a threat. In a December 2005 CNN/USA Today poll, 64% of respondents said they considered China to be “an economic threat to the United States,” while 33% said it was not a threat. However, when given the option to say whether they viewed China’s growth as a threat or an opportunity, views were more balanced. An April 2005 Ipsos Reid poll asked “Do you view China's recent rapid economic development as a threat or an opportunity for the United States?” with 50% saying it was an opportunity while 44% said it was a threat.

Reference:http://www.americans-world.org/digest/regional_issues/china/china2-5.cfm


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