More Malaysians see China as a force for good than the US, Ipsos poll shows
US President Donald Trump holds a chart next to US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as he delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, April 2, 2025. — Reuters pic
Friday, 23 May 2025 11:21 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — More people across the world, including in Malaysia, now see China as a more positive influence on global affairs than the United States.
According to Ipsos’ latest global survey, 49 per cent of respondents viewed China favourably, overtaking the US which saw its global approval dip to 46 per cent.
This marks the first time since 2018 that China’s perceived global influence has surpassed that of the United States.
The findings also revealed a sharp decline in confidence towards the US from its own allies, including Japan, South Korea, and Canada.
In Malaysia, positive views of the US dipped slightly to 49 per cent, still higher than some neighbouring countries such as Singapore and South Korea.
China, by contrast, continues to receive stronger approval in the region, including from Malaysians, who rated it more positively than the US.
An Ipsos chart shows the percentage of respondents saying which country will have an “overall positive influence on world affairs.
Ipsos attributed the US reputation slump to concerns over potential tariffs and an intensifying trade war, which have unsettled many economies.
Malaysians, however, remain relatively upbeat about the national economy, even as global consumer confidence shows signs of weakening.
The survey noted that Malaysia’s Consumer Confidence Index has held steady since late 2024, diverging from the global downtrend.
Researchers described Malaysia’s current mood as “cautiously optimistic,” though they warned that uncertainty may rise in the months ahead.
Ipsos suggested that this optimism may represent a “calm before the storm” as geopolitical tensions continue to evolve.
The global survey gathered responses from over 22,000 online adults across 29 countries between March and April 2025.
On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced the “Liberation Day” tariffs, a sweeping set of reciprocal tariffs aimed at correcting what his administration described as decades of unfair trade practices disadvantaging American manufacturers and workers.
Malaysia's future is as a quasi-colony of the CCP.
ReplyDeleteAnd a willing one , from the looks of it.
Throughout the long long history of China, there had NO colony of any kind within her boundaries.
DeleteMfer, u have been fed too much western DemoNcratic shits to Make such inconsequential fart!
Easily 35 % of today's CCP boundaries are militarily conquered territory , where the original population are NOT Han Chinese.
DeleteTibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan , Gansu...the fruits of centuries of Chinese imperialism and Chinese hegemony.
Northern Vietnam could have ended up just another Chinese province if not for their fierce nationalism fighting off the might of the Chinese Imperial armies, again and again.
A Vietnamese guy I know rejects Yanks trying to stir up trouble between Vietnam and China, but has no illusions about China's centuries-old and still continuing effort to exercise dominance over Vietnam. "We don't need a reminder how much China is a threat to our national self-determination."
Thise who prattle about China's peaceful, non-bullying history are either ignorant of China's imperial history, or willfully playing propaganda.
'Tibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan , Gansu...the fruits of centuries of Chinese imperialism and Chinese hegemony'
DeleteWakakakaka… u know imperialism & Chinese hegemony?
Then mfer, do explain how yr mentioned Tibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan , Gansu (??!!!)... were themselves claimed into existence.
Ooop… via yr f*cked 'harmonic' tribal coercism! Yes?
W/O fruits of centuries of Chinese imperialism and Chinese cultural influences, so these entities were just infighting tribal outposts, roaming the lands w/o any form of effective governing administration! Empire building as yr leaked fart.
All yr mentioned 'nations' had always been fringe 藩属国 & 朝贡国 , ruling loosely on their own w/o much central government interferences. The Chinese central government ONLY interfered when they started to rob & killed the agrarian Chinese people & habitats due to their individual failings in life sustaining activities. Many of them had even requested the various Chinese central government to help resolve, arbitrate, mediate, negotiate, and reconcile their intertribal disputes & infightings.
Vietnam was a very typical case of routinely asking such helps when 缅甸 invading it numerous time.
Even the Malacca Sultanates had asked Ming China to help mediate the political issuances between Siam kingdom & Malacca. Ditto with SriVijaya & Sulus pirates, Japan with Korea & 琉球.
Ooop… yr f*cked East Turkestan was never a formed entity but broken remnants of the Mongol rule over Central Asia. & Mongol was a Chinese dynasty builds!
Mfer, I DON'T think u know anything about these mentioned countries of the past, but just selected farts & twisted propagandas, most likely info coming from yr deviled 台毒companions. All u mfers WOULD never admit the fraud & ignorant casaulities u have been woven into plays by yr f*cked China bashing!