Filipinos divided on views of China — poll
MANILA, Philippines — Similar to several countries across the globe, Filipinos have mixed opinions on China, according to a survey by Washington-based Pew Research Center.
The poll released earlier this week found that 54% of Filipinos have unfavorable views of China while 42% have a favorable opinion of Beijing.
China experienced an 11-point drop on its favorable marking in the Philippines, which was at 53% in 2018.
Beijing received unfavorable views from most of its Asia-Pacific neighbors, such as Japan (85%), South Korea (63%) and Australia (57%).
Pew noted that fewer countries in North America, parts of western Europe and Asia-Pacific view China favorably compared with last year.
In the Philippines, the percentage of people with favorable opinions of Beijing dropped from 63% in 2002 to 42% in 2019.
Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan also recorded declining favorable views of China.
"Opinion of China has also fallen across the region over
Canada and the United States recorded the highest unfavorable opinion of China in Pew's polling history with 67% and 60%, respectively.
This is amid China's ensuing trade tensions with both Canada and the US.
In western Europe, opinion of China is on balance or negative. Greece recorded 51% positive view of Beijing while Spain and Sweden have unfavorable views with 53% and 70%, respectively.
For the Philippines,
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