cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/61945062

China surpassed the United States in global approval ratings in 2025, with a median of 36% approving of China’s leadership, compared with 31% for the U.S. China’s five-percentage-point advantage over the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded in China’s favor in nearly 20 years.

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[–] 5 points 5 months ago

"U.S. dips below China" more accurately described the situation I think.

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    China’s move ahead of the U.S. more broadly reflects a decline in U.S. ratings rather than an increase in China’s ratings. Approval of China’s leadership increased by double digits over the past year in 23 countries (versus 44 showing a similar decrease for the U.S.). However, many of China’s increases occurred in countries where U.S. approval fell.

    If such surveys have a meaning at all, it basically says that the U.S. is more and more becoming like China: a dictatorship.

    But it makes a good geadline for OP's propanda.

    Oh, and btw,

    Germany — which has ranked as the most positively viewed major power for nine consecutive years in Gallup’s trend, spanning the chancellorships of Merkel, Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz — receives the highest approval in 2025, at 48%.

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