The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer found that global levels of trust in governments and institutions is falling rapidly. (Photo: China News Service)

A majority 76 percent of the Chinese interviewed said they have trust in their government, followed by the United Arab Emirates and India (both are 75 percent), Xinhua News Agency reports.

The Chinese figures buck a global trend of growing distrust for establishment figures, with overall trust declining in 21 of the 28 countries surveyed, including China.

Overall, the barometer found that 53 percent of all respondents believe that the current system has failed them; that it is unfair and offers them little hope.

CEO trust too is at a record low (37 percent) and fell in every country surveyed, while trust in media is at an all-time low in 17 countries; a symptom of the anti-establishment populist movements which have sprung up around the world in recent years.

Waves of a tsunami

Interestingly, the survey found that the trust gap between what they call the "informed public" and the mass population had widened to 15 percentage points, with the US (21 points), UK (19) and France (18) home to the biggest disparities in trust.

The percentages of Chinese with trust in media, non-government organisations (NGOs) and business are 65, 61 and 67 respectively, the third highest level of trust overall despite a slight decline from 2015.

According to Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman, “It [the trust crisis] began with the Great Recession of 2008, but like the second and third waves of a tsunami, globalisation and technological change have further weakened people's trust in global institutions. The consequence is virulent populism and nationalism as the mass population has taken control away from the elites."

The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer collected more than 33,000 online survey samples across 28 countries on October 13 to November 16, 2016.





GlobalNews: yes because we can really 'trust' Chinese to give an honest answer about the government in online surveys lol.. do they trust the survey!?

(then again, China is doing the best economically so it's only fair people trust government most here)

also very interesting that trust in government and corporations is declining worldwide, especially in the west!! people are starting to wake up to the shitty deal we are getting!

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