Australians View the Chinese Regime Negatively but Not the Chinese People: Survey
According to Pew Research Center, despite the worsening relations between Australia and China, most Australians hold negative views toward the Chinese regime rather than its people.
The survey report released on Sept. 26 asked Australians to describe—in their own words—the first thing that comes to mind when they think of China. The researchers analyzed the 1,127 responses received while focusing on the most frequently mentioned topics.
Among the top mentioned subjects, “China’s political system” was the first that came to mind among 29 percent of Australian adults, with some respondents directly critiquing the Chinese regime, describing it as a “threat to the rest of the world” or a “totalitarian one-party state.”…