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“New” Poll Reaffirms China Far Less Popular Than the U.S. as World Leader

by Cobus van Staden
Data: Eurasia Group Foundation; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios

The same week that a pan-African survey revealed that China, for the first time, outperformed the United States in overall favorability, another poll comparing the two major powers, this time by the geopolitical risk consultancy Eurasia Group Foundation, came out with very different results in many of the world’s largest countries.

However, some important caveats should be considered when reviewing the data: 

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