Four groups in America were polled about their impressions of China -

1. General Public

2. Opinion Leaders

3. Congressional Staff

4. Business Leaders

One question they were asked is

Do you believe that CURRENTLY the relationship between US and China is improving,
getting worse or is there is not change?

More than one third of the Congressional Staff think the relationship is getting worse.

This is nearly double the percentage of the Business leaders (18%), 3 times what the
general public (12%) thinks and more than four times what the opinion leaders (8%)
think.