TBF, after the US got access to Rednote, they seemed pretty nice. As we're slowing turning authoritarian, it's not hard to do some grass is greener views.
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...including Canada and Mexico
They just fired a shotgun at a map in order to pick those countries didn't they.
Should we ask the US's largest allies what they think of the US? Now who cares about, that let's go ask Peru.
Canada is a pretty big US ally right?
This smells. No one but chinese immigrants actually view china positively in Asia.
The poll never asked Philippines, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea, which are having maritime dispute with China.
How convenient 🤔
Frankly, I'm surprised the US isn't on there.
Except for the West Bank, which is obviously anti-American and anti-Israel, and Pakistan which is so heavily tied to China through hundreds of mutual agreements which makes it pretty much a vassal state, the southeast Asian countries -- Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia -- do have sizeable Chinese emigre populations which also have not only large businesses but also influence over some aspects of those countries' government policies including foreign trade and relationships.
I could be wrong but the Chinese émigrés don't necessarily like China in so far as they don't like the CCP. They emigrated for a reason and ten years ago, CCP demanded vocal loyalty of Chinese diaspora which did not go down well for obvious reasons.
But I imagine that the reason Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have more favourable view of China is because Beijing knows well how to isolate them from supporting their fellow ASEAN neighbours Vietnam and Philippines, who are having maritime dispute with China. That being said, the survey did not ask Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan on their view of China. It will completely change the story.
I could be wrong but the Chinese émigrés don’t necessarily like China in so far as they don’t like the CCP.
That's why at one point during the Duterte regime the Philippines had two completely different Chinese emigre factions: those favoring the Mainland, and those against it, and then there were major enclaves serving the Mainland workers doing the offshore gambling operations until the current president Marcos put to an end of it.
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