Summary of survey report on mutual perceptions between China and the United States
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Summary of survey report on mutual perceptions between China and the United States Wang Jisi1,2,3 · Yilin Sun1 · Ningbo Lu4 · Chu Guo2 · Fangqi Li1 · Jian Jiao5 · Bei Xu1 Received: 26 April 2020 / Accepted: 13 May 2020 © The Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University 2020
Abstract In June 2019, the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) at Peking University and the US-based Prime Group, both sponsored by the China–United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), conducted parallel public opinion surveys on how Chinese view the United States and how Americans view China, respectively. The Chinese study divided the respondents into two groups—the Chinese public and Beijing experts, and the US polls also sent questionnaires to both the US public and Washington experts. This article highlights the findings of Chinese and US surveys, compares the perceptions of individuals in China and the US of each other and bilateral relations, and explores the background of and reasons behind those perceptions. Keywords Mutual perceptions · China–US relations · Public opinion · Expert view
1 Introduction Recently, under the direction and sponsorship of the China–United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) conducted a study titled “2019 Survey on How Chinese View the United States.” This public opinion poll was designed and executed by the Research Center for Contemporary China at Peking University and drew insights from Zhou Wenzhong, former Chinese ambassador to the United States (US), Zhu Yinghuang, former * Wang Jisi [email protected] 1
Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Bei Ge (North Pavilion), Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China
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Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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School of Political Science and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
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editor-in-chief of China Daily, and Wang Jisi, president of IISS. Several US experts on China–US relations were involved in designing the questionnaires that were handed out between June 10 and July 6, 2019. Two parallel studies titled “Survey on How US Public View China” and “Survey on How Washington Experts View China” were sponsored by the CUSEF and conducted by Prime Group, a US-based public opinion agency, during June 10–20, 2019. During this period, 2401 questionnaires completed by the US public and 200 by Washington experts were adopted. Surveys conducted by Prime Group in 2015, on the same subject, can be retrieved from Prime Group and IISS for a comparative study. Similar to the US surveys, the Chinese study divided the respondents into the two following groups: the public and Beijing experts. The former (hereinafter “the Chinese public”) refers to residents of 40 cit
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