Global Times investigates: Nine out of 10 Chinese see friendly China-ASEAN ties
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BEIJING, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
While China-related topic was expected to dominate the US-ASEAN summit, a
recent survey showed that nearly 80 percent of Chinese respondents said about
90 percent considered the China-ASEAN ties as friendly and over 75 percent hold
a positive attitude toward their future.
The survey was jointly conducted by the Global Times Research Center and Centre
for Chinese Foreign Strategy Studies, Renmin University of China between March
15 and April 15 in 31 Chinese provinces, regions and municipalities among
people aged 18 to 69. It collected 2,012 valid questionnaires from the general
public and 1,150 from college students.
About 61.8 percent of the respondents said they have a good impression of
ASEAN, and those who have visited ASEAN members share high scores in terms of
the impression about the region.
Over 90 percent of the respondents said they are interested in ASEAN, and
nearly two-third of them share very high interests. The region's business and
trade, technology, nature, history and sports attract about 40 percent of the
respondents, according to the survey.
Some 90.4 percent of the respondents said China-ASEAN relations are "friendly"
and over two-thirds took it as "very friendly" and "relatively friendly."
In responding to the question about "whether China and ASEAN can properly
handle the South China Sea question," 26.9 percent of the respondents said the
two sides can always handle it well while 67.3 percent believed that although
there are divergences, they can generally handle it properly, the survey shows.
The survey also shows that the majority of the respondents attach importance to
economic cooperation between China and ASEAN, followed by the public health
sector.
In the education sector, 88.4 percent of the college students surveyed showed a
positive attitude toward exchange activities with universities in the region.
Activities related to culture and arts are considered the most popular ones, as
61.6 percent of the respondents mentioned, followed by language study
activities.
While the Chinese public shares high interests in ASEAN members, Singapore has
become the country that attracted them the most. The average score of interest
for Singapore is above 4, with the highest score of 5, followed by Malaysia and
Thailand, which both scored 3.8.
Source: Global Times
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