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Students from Lincoln High School and Steilacoom High School in the United States wait on Saturday at San Francisco International Airport in California for their flight to take them on a cultural-exchange journey to China. Photo: China News Service
A US public opinion survey indicated that most younger Americans don't see China as a critical threat to the US and favor a policy of friendly cooperation and engagement. A Chinese expert said that public sentiment demonstrates that narratives long constructed by certain US politicians to contain China's development have lost traction among young Americans, adding that, aided by social media, they are better able to form independent judgments about the reality of China's development.
Reflecting these generational shifts, data from a joint Chicago Council-NPR-Ipsos survey, conducted in the US from March 13 to 15, 2026, and the 2025 Chicago Council Survey showed that attitudes toward China are becoming increasingly differentiated across age groups, according to a report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Wednesday.
This research covers four generational cohorts following standard cohort definitions. These include Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964, Gen X born between 1965 and 1980, Millennials born between 1981 and 1996, and Gen Z born between 1997 and 2013.
The report said younger generations consistently expressed less antagonistic and more flexible views on China's role in the world, as well as greater skepticism toward restrictive economic and social policies.
The survey showed that over the past two decades, younger Americans have consistently expressed "less concern about China's rise than older generations." Minorities of Millennials, at 43 percent, and Generation Zers, at 34 percent, view the development of China as a world power as a critical threat to the US, compared with majorities of Baby Boomers, at 62 percent, and Generation Xers at 56 percent.
China's sustained growth has injected positive impetus into global development, enabling the international community to more clearly recognize China's role as a contributor, Shen Yi, director of the International Research Institute of Global Cyberspace Governance at Fudan University, told the Global Times on Thursday.
Regarding views on China's global ambitions, the report said younger cohorts are "more open to the possibility that China's desired global role might be more collaborative."
Young Americans' attitudes toward China also signal that the full set of narratives long crafted by certain US politicians to contain China's development has lost traction among younger generations in the US, Shen said.
The report also noted that support for a US policy of cooperation and engagement with China has rebounded sharply from the lows of 2024.
Majorities of Generation Z, at 59 percent, and Millennials at 58 percent favor a policy of friendly cooperation and engagement with China, nearly 10 percentage points above the shares of Baby Boomers and Generation X who hold the same view.
"Younger Americans have come of age in a more interconnected world shaped by digital exchange and cross-border education, where social media trends have made engagement with Chinese culture increasingly ordinary," reads the report.
In January this year, creator @sherryxiiruii listed a series of distinct Chinese lifestyle habits in a viral TikTok video, and the playful "prophecy" sparked a global craze, gaining nearly 750,000 likes and sparked a top-trending hashtag #BecomingChinese, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Shen said that by bypassing screening and filtering by traditional US media, social media platforms provide ordinary Americans, particularly young people, direct access to the everyday lives of Chinese citizens and the realities of Chinese society, adding that this empowers them to "break free from an information landscape dominated by one-sided, skewed messaging."
Additionally, the report said Millennials and Gen Zers show strong opposition to restrictive policies targeting Chinese students, higher tariffs, and reduced trade overall. For example, 65 percent of Millennials and 64 percent of Gen Zers oppose limiting the number of Chinese students studying in the US.
Yet the policy direction of the US administration stands in stark contrast to the prevailing views. For example, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) in July announced its forthcoming policy prohibiting NSF funds from being spent on collaboration with entities on US restricted parties lists, which could effectively bar collaborations between NSF-funded US scientists and nearly all Chinese research institutions and their employees, US media reported.
Such a contrast also lays bare a notable disconnect between US policymaking and the genuine sentiments of ordinary Americans, as authorities seldom take public aspirations into account when rolling out relevant initiatives, Shen said.
In the short term, perceptions among younger generations cannot reverse Washington's existing restrictive policies toward China. From a long-term perspective, however, the more objective and amicable views of China held by today's youth carry irreplaceable positive value, the expert said.
。北京时间1月14日消息，天文学家收到了许多来自遥远星系的神秘信号。当这些被称为快速射电爆发（FRB）的信号到达地球望远镜时，它们会显示持续数毫秒的明亮爆发，然后消失。在过去的十年里，天文学家已经检测到数十个快速的无线电脉冲信号，新的信号正在出现，其中包括一个罕见的重复信号。我们不清楚这些信号是什么，它们来自哪里。目前，科学家主要有以下五种猜测。当快旋中子星爆炸并死亡时，它们的最终结果可能是快旋中子星。天文学家相信，强磁场中的中子星可能会产生异常快的无线电波爆发信号。”加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学的天体物理学家IngridStairs说：“像中子星这样的物体确实是很好的信号源。”但是我们不知道这高能无线爆炸是通过什么物理过程产生的，两颗中子星合并两颗中子星相互碰撞是产生快速无线风暴的另一种可能性。加拿大麦吉尔大学的天文学家Shriharsh Tendulkar说，这是一个主流的假设，但只适用于只检测一次的宇宙信号，因为中子星在碰撞中被摧毁。

B | _强磁场中的中子星（图像）可能会产生奇怪的快速无线电脉冲信号。”这是一个毁灭性的事件，不适合重复的快速无线电爆发，”尖利刺耳的tendulkar说。在过去的十年里，望远镜捕捉到的大多数快速的无线电风暴在一次出现后就消失了。

C | 然而，天文学家发现了两个反复出现的神秘信号，需要用其他理论来解释。

D | 当一颗快速旋转的中子星坍缩并形成一个黑洞时，闪电被称为“闪电”。快速的无线电风暴可能起源于闪电，但就像中子星合并一样，它们也是恒星毁灭的过程，因此不可能产生重复的信号。

E | 黑洞可能是快速无线电风暴的起源。许多假设都提到了黑洞。人们认为，快速的无线风暴可能来自中子星掉入黑洞，或来自黑洞坍塌，甚至来自暗物质与黑洞的碰撞。虽然许多天文学家认为快速的无线电风暴是完全自然的产物，但一些人推测它们可能是外星生命活动的证据。根据Steels博士的说法，射电望远镜能够探测到来自宇宙的快速射电风暴的可能性非常小。”它们的出现遍布整个天空，在不同的距离，所以它一定与许多不同的星系有关，”她说。如果许多不同的外星文明决定以同样的方式发送同样的信号，那将是令人惊讶的。