Axios

A French judicial official says Meng Hongwei, president of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) since 2016, is missing after traveling to China, according to the Associated Press.

The details: Hongwei, who traveled to the country at the end of September also serves as vice minister of public security in China. His wife reported him missing on Friday and says she has not heard from him since he left for the trip, the AP reports.

Many of America's closest allies tend to view China more favorably than the U.S. and have more confidence in Xi Jinping than Donald Trump, according to an annual survey from the Pew Research Center. But when asked whether the world would be better off with the U.S. or China as the leading global power, respondents overwhelmingly choose the U.S.

Why it matters: The U.S. is far less popular around the world than it was before Trump took office, and the decline has been particularly sharp in countries like the U.K., Germany and Canada. That stands to benefit America's rivals for global influence, but these numbers reveal widespread wariness of a China-led world.