Asians see the United States losing its undisputed international influence in 50 years to possibly China amid waning1 trust in Washington to act responsibly in the world, a poll showed.

Asians see the United States losing its undisputed international influence in 50 years to possibly China amid waning trust in Washington to act responsibly in the world, a poll showed.

The study is carried out by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA), an independent US think tank.

In the immediate² term, US power in the eyes of Asians remains³ secure.

In half a century, however, a majority in all countries covered by the poll -- China, India, South Korea and the United States -- believed "another nation" will become as powerful or surpass the United States in power.

"There is a clear agreement across the board that over the next half century Asians see the United States no more the sole superpower that it is or considered to be today," CCGA president Marshall Bouton told a news conference in Washington.

The survey did not specify⁴ in its questions which nation people believe will match or overtake the United States.

"We can only infer what nation people had in mind when they answered that question," Bouton said. When asked whether it was China, he said "I guess so."

China has become a global manufacturing power and is already displacing the United States as the primary trading partner for many nations.

China has also amassed⁵ the world's largest trade surplus and world's largest foreign exchange reserves.

Asians, according to the survey, were quite comfortable with the rise of China.

Trust in the United States to act responsibly in the world is "low," according to the poll.