I'd be grateful if you'd include more details on the survey methodology in the report. I see the number of respondents but little about the actual way in which the survey was conducted. Can you shoot me a note or something? Thanks, Nick!
Warmer than I thought toward cooperation with Russia and cooler toward ASEAN countries like Singapore and Thailand. It would be great to know the dominant reasons for unfavorable views too. Some are obvious but there could be some interesting variations
I think there's a general chauvinism in the data. Cambodia is probably about scam centers. Vietnam could be historical or South China Sea stuff. Thailand is more of a mystery.
With Russia, we've found confusing warmth in all polling. No one with experience in China believes the public like Russia. It seems to come down to geopolitics alone. Same with North Korea.
Thanks for reading! We didn’t get outside of the countries already listed this time. Our collaboration with Chicago Council on Global Affairs last year added EU and Australia if that’s interesting.
Clicked into that and it's indeed interesting... for instance the perceived "Friends of China" graph showing that EU and Australia surpassed all China's direct neighbors except (of course) Russia and North Korea, and that at the same time opinion is so evenly split on the perceived friendship of either EU/AU. Thanks very much for this work!
Do your guys feel shame regarding the manipulated questions and its analysis regarding military unification with Taiwan? The preconditions of military unification are not mentioned in this survey at all. Try to connect that survey result with gender and income makes me sick as well. If your Carter Center cares about peace for real, you should ask peaceful unification questions first then come to military unification option after the peaceful way is broken by US or Taiwan independentists. We know you are part of propaganda machine, but be more professional.
I wish the Carter Center would recognize the two sides are unable to recognize each other as a legitimate government…
BUT both sides want peace.
Let the Carter Center complete the job President Carter started in January 1979, the month I moved to Taiwan .
Repeat the 1992 peace accords promising to disagree in peace for as long as it takes…with unchallenged autonomy for Taiwan…and with confidence that China’s people will peacefully reunify…
The biggest surprise was that China’s people see conflict with the Philippines over the South China Sea as caused by the Philippines’ eagerness to please the U.S.
This means the South China Sea disputes are easy to resolve.
I'd be grateful if you'd include more details on the survey methodology in the report. I see the number of respondents but little about the actual way in which the survey was conducted. Can you shoot me a note or something? Thanks, Nick!
There's a methodology section at the bottom, but I'll DM.
I see that; quota sampling, but was this by phone, online, in-person...?
Ah. These are digital surveys similar to Qualtrics contracted through a Chinese marketing company.
Great insights! Some of the findings on attitudes toward non-US countries are a little surprising
Colder or warmer than you thought?
Warmer than I thought toward cooperation with Russia and cooler toward ASEAN countries like Singapore and Thailand. It would be great to know the dominant reasons for unfavorable views too. Some are obvious but there could be some interesting variations
I think there's a general chauvinism in the data. Cambodia is probably about scam centers. Vietnam could be historical or South China Sea stuff. Thailand is more of a mystery.
With Russia, we've found confusing warmth in all polling. No one with experience in China believes the public like Russia. It seems to come down to geopolitics alone. Same with North Korea.
Thank you for this revealing data. Did the survey ask about feelings toward countries outside of the US/Asia/Russia?
Thanks for reading! We didn’t get outside of the countries already listed this time. Our collaboration with Chicago Council on Global Affairs last year added EU and Australia if that’s interesting.
https://www.cartercenter.org/publication/friends-with-benefits-chinese-see-russia-and-north-korea-as-beijings-closest-comrades/
Clicked into that and it's indeed interesting... for instance the perceived "Friends of China" graph showing that EU and Australia surpassed all China's direct neighbors except (of course) Russia and North Korea, and that at the same time opinion is so evenly split on the perceived friendship of either EU/AU. Thanks very much for this work!
Fantastic as always, we should discuss the details next time we have a chat!
Do your guys feel shame regarding the manipulated questions and its analysis regarding military unification with Taiwan? The preconditions of military unification are not mentioned in this survey at all. Try to connect that survey result with gender and income makes me sick as well. If your Carter Center cares about peace for real, you should ask peaceful unification questions first then come to military unification option after the peaceful way is broken by US or Taiwan independentists. We know you are part of propaganda machine, but be more professional.
I wish the Carter Center would recognize the two sides are unable to recognize each other as a legitimate government…
BUT both sides want peace.
Let the Carter Center complete the job President Carter started in January 1979, the month I moved to Taiwan .
Repeat the 1992 peace accords promising to disagree in peace for as long as it takes…with unchallenged autonomy for Taiwan…and with confidence that China’s people will peacefully reunify…
Because they really are 同胞 (same womb).
The biggest surprise was that China’s people see conflict with the Philippines over the South China Sea as caused by the Philippines’ eagerness to please the U.S.
This means the South China Sea disputes are easy to resolve.