The research center said its survey also found a "marked departure" from the results of a 2023 survey, with more people seeing China as the world's leading economic power. A median of 41 percent saw China as the top economy, compared with a 39 percent median who named the United States.

Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.

Russia and China's foreign ministers on Sunday discussed their relations with the United States and the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine, Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement. President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister,

In seven other countries, people have a more positive opinion of China than the U.S. These include the United States’ southern neighbor, Mexico, where 56% of adults view China positively and 29% say the same of the U.S. China gets the better ratings in four other middle-income countries surveyed: South Africa, Turkey, Kenya and Indonesia.

A new Pew survey is suggesting that global viewpoints on China may be trending in a slightly more positive direction for the communist nation.

China's imports of major commodities presented a mixed picture in the first half, but if there is a clear trend it is that the world's top buyer of natural resources is increasingly sensitive to prices.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.