Poll: Chimerica? Not So Much

Rasmussen finds that most America's don't seem to buy into the idea of "Chimerica"

Twenty percent (20%) of Americans think what is good for China’s economy is good for the U.S. economy, as President Obama meets with Chinese leaders this week in an effort to ease economic tensions between the two nations.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 59% disagree. That’s down five points from a year ago, when 64% rejected the idea that what’s good for the Chinese economy is good for America’s.

Still, 84% of Americans rate U.S. relations with China as at least somewhat important, unchanged from November 2008. But 59% now say that relationship is very important, a 13-point jump from the earlier survey. Only 11% say U.S.-China relations are not very or not at all important.

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