Pew survey indicates rising positive sentiment of China

Respondents worldwide believe US superpower status in decline

BEIJING - Chinese experts suggest that China's superpower status should be downplayed after the latest Pew survey, which was published on Wednesday, forecast that China has or will soon replace the United States as the world's superpower.

In the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey conducted between March 18 and May 15, most of the respondents in 15 out of 22 countries believed that China either will replace or already has replaced the United States as the world's leading superpower.