BON recently reported on new data from the independent Pew Research Center in the US, which shows how Americans view China. In Center's report, 44 per cent of Americans think China is the largest economic power in the world, more than voted for any other country.
That compares with last year, when just 30 per cent of Americans thought China was the largest economic power.
Fifty three per cent of the American public surveyed think China is a main threat to US security. But just 21 per cent of American foreign policy experts polled think China is America's biggest threat, down from 38 per cent in 2001, and 30 per cent in 2005.