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Young Americans are sharply more relaxed about China than their elders, a new Ronald Reagan Institute Summer Survey shows, with a 31-percentage-point gap separating the oldest and youngest cohorts on whether Beijing can spy on the United States — a divide that carries long-run implications for U.S.
foreign policy as younger voters grow into a larger share of the electorate. The Numbers Behind the Divide The Reagan Institute survey, conducted May 26 through June 3 among 1,555 U.S.
adults, found that 93% of Americans aged 65 and older expressed concern about China's espionage capabilities, against just 62% of those aged 18 to 29.
The gap was equally pronounced across other flashpoints: concern about China's potential use of force against Taiwan ran at 86% among seniors versus 56% among younger Americans; technology theft registered 91% versus 61%; Chinese purchases of U.S.
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