For the first time, more people in Southeast Asia favour an alignment with China over the US, should they be forced to choose between the major powers. This,...
  • Sons_of_Ferrix
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    3 months ago

    Apparently this is mostly being driven by Muslim majority nations, likely due to Palestine.

    • Neptium@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      Although that plays a large part, Muslim Southeast Asia has always been more China friendly than the rest. Even after Western propaganda regarding the Uyghurs.

      In the survey itself, I think the more interesting shift is Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar edging closer or slightly surpassing the 50% mark.

      • Sons_of_Ferrix
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        3 months ago

        Little frustrating Vietnam is still so pro-US but I guess it makes sense from a geopolitical sense shrug-outta-hecks

        • HonestMistake_@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          It's been decades of unchecked propaganda, seeing that turn around is gonna take a while, but I'm sure it will happen.

  • geikei [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Vietnam with the cinge anglophilia once again...

    And i say anglophilia because this isnt really just a case of "we dislike or distrust both parties but i guess Chine less because history or SCS disputes or whatever". There genuinely is a very positive public opinion towards the US there and US cultural hegemony seems very entranched. To score similarly to the phillippines in such a study something is really wrong with the perception of the US among the population.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    3 months ago

    Oh well, time to start genociding the regions on the map that are too China-friendly until we can get those numbers back in line.