China blamed U.S. politicians, media and think tanks for shaping a negative perception of China among Americans at a daily news conference on Friday (April 29).
"Following some U.S. politicians' unscrupulous and shameless attacks on China, some U.S. media spread rumours and some U.S. think tanks smeared China," its foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, told a regular press briefing in Beijing.
Unfavourable opinions of China among Americans are at a new high, with more than 90% of U.S. adults saying China's partnership with Russia is a problem for the United States, a survey released on Thursday (April 28) by the Pew Research Center showed.
Negative views toward China in the United States and many other advanced economies have soared in recent years, as Western governments have complained of the increasingly powerful country using economic and military coercion to exert its will around the world.