Line chart titled “China Tops U.S. in Leadership Approval” shows global median approval for the two nations from 2007 to 2025. The United States starts at 38% in 2007, peaks at 49% in 2009, then declines sharply to 30% in 2017, recovers to 45% in 2021, and ends at 31% in 2025. China begins at 36%, dips to 29% in 2012–2014, rises gradually, and reaches 36% in 2025. The lines cross several times, with gaps between the U.S. and China as large as 17 points from 2009-2016 and in 2021, but China surpasses the United States at the end. The pattern highlights volatility in U.S. approval and steadier, modest gains for China since 2014.