Negative views of China among the world’s most advanced economies hover at near record highs amid concerns about Beijing’s human rights record, according to a recent survey conducted by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center. The survey of 17 advanced economies in Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region released on Wednesday shows 15 majorities—eight in 10 respondents—hold unfavorable views of China, and believe the Chinese regime “does not respect the personal freedoms of its people.” “This sense is also at or nearly historic highs in nearly every place surveyed, having risen significantly in countries like Italy, South Korea, Greece, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom since 2018,” Pew found. Pew polled 18,850 adults in 17 advanced economies from Feb. 1 to May 26 this year, and published its findings on June 30, a day before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) marked its 100th anniversary. The economies surveyed were Australia, Belgium, …