More than three-quarters of Americans blame China for the spread of the coronavirus around the world, survey finds

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• More than three-quarters of Americans believe that China is responsible for the global spread of the novel coronavirus, according to a new survey. 
• Another 77% said that they had little confidence that President Xi Jinping would "do the right thing" when it came to world affairs.
• The poll comes amid rising tension between China and the US after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the country's Communist Party "the central threat of our times."
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More than three-quarters of Americans are holding China responsible for the global spread of the novel coronavirus, according to a new survey. 

The survey, published by the Pew Research Center on Thursday, found that 78% of Americans placed "a great deal" or "fair amount" of blame on China for the virus' spread. 

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