Younger Chinese more likely to hold unfavourable view of US, says study which concludes Donald Trump is much more to blame than propaganda
- Researchers say that those born after 1990 are more likely to express negative views compared with previous generations
- The study concluded that sentiments had taken a strong downward turn following Trump’s election in 2016
Chinese youths born after 1990 hold more negative views of the United States than older generations, a recent study has concluded.
The research, published in The Chinese Journal of International Politics, surveyed more than 2,000 Chinese men and women from three age groups across China over two periods – with the first one completed between October 29 and November 3, 2020 and the second one between January 25 and February 2 the following year.
The new analysis showed that the post-90s generation held more negative views of the US than those who are now in their 40s and 50s.
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It said: “Those born in the 1990s and later (the ‘post-90ers’) were about 9 per cent less likely to say that the USA cares about China’s interests when making foreign policies and 5 per cent less likely to say that the USA has a positive influence on the Chinese economy.”