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Gallup polls serve as a tool to contain China and maintain US dominance

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The hopeless fault-finder Illustration: Liu Rui/GT

In the US, polls seem to have become a tool manipulated by its political elites to discredit China on the international stage. Such underhand practice is another manifestation of the US’ hysteria toward China.

The Gallup reported on Tuesday that Americans’ view on China hit a record low, with only 15 percent of respondents seeing China favorably, according to its new poll.

Americans’ understanding of China is not based on the country’s actual development, but negatively influenced by US media’s biased reports. These media outlets have created a false image of China that threatens US global leadership, challenges the so-called international order, and coerces others everywhere. This heavily affects the public’s perception of China, according to Shen Yi, an international relations professor at Fudan University.

Some US polling agencies are keen to conduct surveys on Americans’ attitude toward China so that Washington can use the results to mobilize the Americans, as well as its allies and partners to contain and isolate China. Lire la suite »