Plus: Science and scientists held in high esteem across global publics
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October 8, 2020
** Global Attitudes & Trends
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A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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** Images of the U.S., China and science in the year of COVID-19
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Pew Research Center’s international research continues to enrich the public conversation, most recently during the U.S. vice-presidential debate where Sen. Kamala Harris cited our findings on America’s global image. She may have been making a partisan point, but thanks to the Center’s commitment to transparency and open access to data, the facts ([link removed]) are there for everyone, and anyone, to make up their own mind. Among our latest facts: China’s global standing ([link removed]) , like that of the U.S., has taken a hit. In part this is driven by the perception that Beijing has mishandled the COVID-19 crisis. And a new 20-nation survey shows that public trust in scientists
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James Bell
Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center
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** Unfavorable views of China reach historic highs in many countries ([link removed])
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Views of China have grown more negative in recent years across many advanced economies, and unfavorable opinion has soared over the past year, a new 14-country Pew Research Center survey shows ([link removed]) . Today, a majority in each of the surveyed countries has an unfavorable opinion of China.
* Negative views of both U.S. and China abound across advanced economies amid COVID-19 ([link removed])
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** In U.S. and UK, globalization leaves some feeling ‘left behind’ or ‘swept up’ ([link removed])
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Pew Research Center undertook focus groups in the United States and United Kingdom in 2019 ([link removed]) – prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 – to understand better the degree to which similar narratives about globalization and its impacts are evident in each country. The focus groups confirm that the story of being “left behind” remains common in both the U.S. and UK. But the group conversations also reveal a narrative of being “swept up” by globalization.
* How focus groups informed our study about nationalism and international engagement in the U.S. and UK ([link removed])
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** Science and scientists held in high esteem across global publics ([link removed])
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As publics around the world look to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments and preventive strategies for the novel coronavirus, a new international survey ([link removed]) finds scientists and their research are widely viewed in a positive light across global publics, and large majorities believe government investments in scientific research yield benefits for society.
* Americans prioritize being a world leader in scientific achievements more than other global publics ([link removed])
* A country-by-country look at public views of science ([link removed])
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