Declining Chinese attitudes toward the United States amid COVID-19

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Xie, Yu; Yang, Feng; Huang, Junming; He, Yuchen; Zhou, Yi; Qian, Yue; Cai, Weicheng; Zhou, Jie
• 署名单位: Princeton University; Peking University; University of British Columbia; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Psychology, CAS
• 刊物名称: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0027-9113
• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2322920121
• 发表日期: 2024-05-21

摘要

In this paper, we present findings from four separate studies using different data sources and methods to examine Chinese attitudes toward the United States amid the COVID - 19 pandemic. The empirical results consistently indicate a marked and significant decline in Chinese attitudes toward the US between late 2019 and the end of 2022. Using a quasi - experimental design and granular survey data that exploit daily variations in public opinion, we offer additional evidence that the decline in Chinese attitudes toward the United States followed a distinct pattern not true for Chinese attitudes toward other countries. Specifically, the rise in Chinese unfavorability toward the United States closely corresponded to the heightened Chinese attention to the pandemic's progression in the United States. These results collectively suggest a causal effect of COVID - 19, shedding light on how public health crises, international relations, and media jointly shape the increasing enmity between the two great powers.