While the majority of Americans believe relations with China are important, most do not think the economies of the two countries are very dependent on one another.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 84% of adults say relations with China are important, including 46% who say they are Very Important. Forty-seven percent (47%) of investors rate that relationship as Very Important, and an additional 40% say it is somewhat important.

But 64% of Americans disagree with the notion that what is good for China’s economy is good for the U.S. economy. Just 15% think the opposite is true. Some worry about the high level of Chinese investment here as the United States goes through a difficult financial period. Sixty-three percent (63%) of investors do not believe that what is good for the Chinese economy is good for America's economy.

While adults from all parties agree that Chinese relations are important, Republicans are slightly more likely than Democrats and unaffiliated voters to disagree with the idea that what's good for our economies is closely intertwined.

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In the past, Barack Obama, now the president-elect, has referred to China as a “force to be reckoned with” and has demanded that the United States take a harsher stance on China’s currency practices and the current trade imbalance between the two powers.

Most adults (69%) consider China neither an enemy nor an ally but somewhere in between. While 15% of Republicans consider China to be an enemy, only nine percent (9%) of Democrats agree. With memories of the Cold War fading into the past, men and women under age 40 are more than twice as likely to consider China an ally than those older than 40.

As the Christmas season rapidly approaches, most adults (63%) are more concerned with the price and quality of products than where the products are produced. Twenty-eight percent (28%) put more emphasis on where products are produced.

Thirty-six percent (36%) think all toys made in China should be banned after numerous health dangers have arisen due to the county's poor quality control standards, but 43% oppose such a ban. A plurality of women (43%) of women favor a ban on toys from China compared to 32% who oppose it. Twenty-five percent are undecided. Men by nearly two-to-one oppose a ban.

Forty-seven percent of investors (47%) oppose a ban versus 34% who favor it. Non-investors are closely divided on the issue.

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