Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power.
48%: The percentage of Europeans who viewed China less favorably during the coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly half of all respondents to surveys in nine major EU countries said their views of China worsened during the Covid-19 crisis, the European Council on Foreign Relations said.
The darkening view of China was the starkest in France and Denmark, where 62% of respondents said they saw the country more negatively since the outbreak of the pandemic in Europe in early 2020, according to data compiled by the think tank.
A minority of respondents reported having a more fav
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Aug 13, 2020