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In a 2018 Purdue survey, Chinese students in the US developed better opinions of China and slightly worse toward the US.

Seeing what US is really like quickly makes people realize that China is indeed on the right track.
https://www.globaleast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018-Purdue-Survey-Report_Rev.pdf

We asked respondents to indicate their perceptions of China and the United States before and after coming to the U.S. Have their perceptions become more positive, negative, or was there no change? The largest number of respondents, including VS, indicated that their perceptions of China (41 and 43 percent among the CS and VS, respectively) and the U.S. (43 and 37 percent among the CS and VS, respectively) have not changed after coming to the U.S. About 42 percent of the CS indicated that their perceptions of the United States had become worse or much worse since coming to the United States. This is much higher than in the PSCS 2016, in which we found that about 29 percent of the respondents indicated having a more negative perception. This is also much higher than the VS, among which only about 22 percent indicated having worsened perceptions of the U.S.

On the other hand, only about 13 percent of the respondents (both the CS and VS) indicated that their perceptions of China had become worse or much worse. Meanwhile, more than 40 percent of the respondents (46 and 43 percent among the CS and VS, respectively) indicated that their attitude toward China had become more positive since coming to the United States. About 16 percent of the CS reported that their perceptions of the U.S. had become better or much better. The number is much higher for the VS, among which over 40 percent report having better or much better perceptions of the u.s.

Figures 4.1 and 4.2 show students’ perceptions of China and the U.S. by year(s) in the United States. Warm attitudes toward China increased with years in the U.S. and peaked when staying in the U.S. for five to six years. The warm attitudes toward China decreased among those who stayed longer than six years. This is probably due to selection bias, as those with warmer attitudes might have returned to China after six years studying in the U.S. The selection effect became more obvious in Figure 4.2, as those who stayed in the U.S. for more than eight years display significantly warmer attitudes toward the U.S.

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