Is China 'Catching Up' To The U.S.

President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Carlos Barria/Reuters

David Francis, Foreign Policy: Much of the world thinks China is catching up to the US — and they have little faith in Trump

China’s economic might is catching up to the United States — or is seen to be catching up.

That’s according to a new report from the Pew Research Center, which released results of a 38-nation survey Thursday afternoon.

While the majority of those polled still correctly believe the United States is the world’s biggest economy, 12 nations — including Canada, Russia, and most of western Europe — believe China has the largest economy in the world.

Pew detected a dramatic shift; only six nations said Beijing possessed the world’s strongest economy when the question was asked between 2014 and 2016. Since then, the number of countries that view the United States as playing second fiddle to China has doubled.

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WNU Editor: Being one who lived and worked in China since the mid-1980s ,China still has a long way to go before "catching-up" to the U.S. in terms of military and economic power. And in terms of developing international relationships, diplomacy, and having allies .... all important requirements if you want to be a major international player on the global scene .... China is not even on the same playing field as the U.S..