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With Xi Jinping poised to receive a third term at the 20th Party Congress, American opinion of China has never been worse.

While half of Americans and a majority of Democrats say diversity makes the United States a better place to live, Republicans aren’t so sure.

The US public views the Japan alliance as a significant national security benefit as concerns about China grow.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates Americans view Japan as a close and trusted ally.

This Council report indicates Americans support US involvement in Asia and seem to think that US regional efforts positively affect stability.

With the US election a week away, here are three key things you need to know about the American public's views on Asia in 2020.

In new Council polling, Americans say China’s treatment of minority groups isn’t just a question of internal politics.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

A majority support using US troops to defend Seoul should North Korea invade, Council polling shows.

As the war in Ukraine continues, majorities say the United States should maintain or increase its commitment to NATO.

Americans across party lines say the United States should prioritize friendly-nation supply chains, despite potentially higher costs.

Should China invade Taiwan, 2022 Chicago Council Survey data show most Americans would support sending arms but not US troops.

The US public supports meeting with the leaders of Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and more.

This survey indicates that Americans broadly support engaging in trade with China but are split along partisan lines on how to engage in that trade.

A plurality of Americans—and a majority of Republicans—also say that US leaders are not paying enough attention to US-China competition.

With all eyes on Ukraine, it is unclear if a seventh North Korean nuclear test will really register with the American public.

For the first time, a majority of Republicans think the United States should stay out of world affairs.

More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries.

American feelings toward Russia and China are lower than during the Cold War, Council polling shows.

The Biden administration emphasizes strengthening ties with America's global allies and partners. Which countries do Americans view as their allies—and adversaries?

Survey results show President Trump’s threats and bullying tactics with Seoul haven't lessened support for the alliance with South Korea.

Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?

This survey shows Americans still think that the US should work on friendly engagement and strengthening ties with China.

The public generally does not see current US trade policies toward China as benefiting Americans.

Half favor using US forces to defend South Korea if invaded by North Korea, down from 55 percent in 2022. 

As competition between the United States and China intensifies, more Americans now say the Asian country is more powerful economically, a reversal from two years ago when a plurality said the United States had an economic advantage, according to a

For the first time since the question was first asked in the 1994 Chicago Council Survey, more Americans say that Asia is more important to the US than Europe.

But large majorities support sending additional arms and military supplies to Ukraine, and if needed, Taiwan, Council polling shows.

Public support for the 2021 infrastructure bill breaks across party lines and may miss the connection to US competitiveness.

Survey results show the public remains supportive of US assistance to Ukraine—even if it means paying higher gas and food prices at home.

In deciding when and how quickly to relax restrictions, leaders should not underestimate the American public’s forbearance for remaining indoors.

Recent survey data shows the US public's overall feeling is that the US should cooperate with China rather than actively work to limit its advances.

To meet the public demand to compete with China, “the Defense Department needs the budget required to do it,” writes Chet Lee in Defense One.

American, Japanese, and South Korean publics see China as a more of a threat than a partner. Trilateral cooperation will be key to managing China's rise.

Dina Smeltz shares public opinion on the key topics that will be discussed at the first 2020 presidential debate.

While China might be losing friends in many countries, it still has the support of the Russian public.

Following high profile pauses to the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, as well as surging cases in different parts of the world, it is clear that the gains in some countries do not signal an end to the pandemic.

Washington should ditch the military rhetoric and refocus efforts on work with China and Mexico, Emma Sanderson argues.

Is conflict inevitable between the two superpowers? Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins Jacob Heilbrunn and Elbridge A. Colby to discuss.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Craig Kafura explores how Millennials hold distinct views on US-China foreign policy.

As China rises in power, Americans support US bases in Japan and want to build strong relations with US allies in Asia.

Council surveys find an American public split on the threat of climate change but open to cooperative efforts to limit its effects.

Although cases have declined significantly in Europe, the United States, and much of East Asia, the pandemic remains a major threat in South America, India, and several other nations around the world.

This joint report examines the public opinion of changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific, including mutual concerns and competing visions, in order to make better-informed policy decisions.

There is no understanding geopolitical competition in the 21st century without an understanding of urbanization and cities.

More so than any other racial or ethnic group, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Americans want the United States to play an active part in global affairs.

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

Four in ten Americans (38%) see the development of China as a world power as a critical threat, in line with how Americans have felt about China’s development since 2004. In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, Craig Kafura explains

“Both sides appear more inclined to score points against each other than to acknowledge their mistakes,” says Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer.

"The China threat is being inflated in ways that, as with the Soviet threat in the Cold War and terrorism post-9/11, are counterproductive for foreign-policy strategy and distort domestic politics in dangerous ways," Bruce Jentleson argues.