cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6484299
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/06/23/1-americas-global-image/
America’s image is mostly positive among the Asian nations polled. Particularly large majorities see the U.S. favorably in the Philippines (92%), South Korea (84%) and Vietnam (77%).
It's from 2015 but more recent polls have found similar data IIRC
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/comparing-global-views-of-the-united-states-and-china-during-the-trump-and-biden-administrations/
79% of people polled in Vietnam chose the US in the "Preferred alignment choice in U.S.-China rivalry" which is a different metric obviously but still points towards the same idea
Edit: According to Luna Oi, Pew Research Center is a neoliberal think tank that cannot be trusted on anything about Vietnam
https://youtu.be/hPCoDz_CPCc
Most countries don't prioritize keeping the memory of such barbarity alive; America is such a strange beast that most people probably think it's safe to just forget what kind of country we are.
rule #1 of the based order