A Pew Research Center survey finds that China becomes more favourably viewed than the United States worldwide for the first time since at least 2023. Across countries covered by the survey, a greater share of respondents express positive views of China than positive views of the US, indicating a shift in global sentiment amid intensifying competition between the two powers for influence. The reports say this change is not limited to places that are traditionally more distant from Washington. They also note that sentiment shifts are seen among some of the US’s allies, suggesting that favourable perceptions of the US and China are moving relative to each other in multiple regions. Bloomberg, Financial Post and India Today each describe the finding as a notable reversal in how the two countries are viewed globally, based on Pew’s comparative favourability measures. The articles attribute the result specifically to Pew’s survey data and present it as evidence that international opinion toward China is improving while views of the US are comparatively less positive.