Tourism and technology may hold key to boosting China’s public image in the US

China could improve its image in the United States by highlighting areas such as tourism and technology and positioning itself as a responsible major power, a survey has concluded.Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou said that although concepts such as “decoupling” and “de-risking” had been increasingly prominent in media coverage of China, this had not entirely wiped away positive impressions of the country.When evaluating China’s strengths on a scale of 1 to 5, the respondents placed global influence at the top with a score of 4.38, followed by achievements in technology" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="130694" data-entity-type="topic">science and technology at 3.59 and higher education at 3.56.