Pew Research: Yes, everybody hates China!

The Biden administration is moving ahead with a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, citing human rights concerns regarding China’s treatment of Uyghurs in the country’s Xinjiang region. Shortly after the White House announced its boycott of the Games in December, leaders from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Japan announced that their governments would also decline to send high-level officials to Beijing.

With the 2022 Winter Olympics set to begin, here’s a summary of recent Pew Research Center survey data about Americans’ views of the diplomatic boycott, as well as how people in the United States and around the world see China more broadly:

According to a recent survey, 45% of U.S. adults say they have not read or heard anything about the Biden administration’s plans for a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. About the same share (46%) say they have read or heard “a little” about the boycott and only 9% say they have read or heard “a lot.”Despite its low profile among the American public, views of the boycott are relatively positive: Nearly half (46%) of Americans approve of the decision to hold a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics, compared with 22% who disapprove. About three-in-ten Americans are not sure.

Confidence in President Joe Biden’s handling of relations with China has fallen over the past year. Just 39% of Americans today have confidence in Biden’s ability to deal effectively with China, down from 53% in early 2021.