Across Asia-Pacific, most see growing Chinese military as a bad thing China'sgrowing military power is a for our country
Most in the region worry about China’s growing military power. China’s official military budget grew by about 9% per year over the past decade, and few of its neighbors appear to welcome the increase. In South Korea, Japan and Vietnam – countries actively engaged in disputes with China over military deployments or territory in the East and South China seas – nine-in-ten or more think China’s growing military power is a bad thing for their country. In India, even before a recent border dispute in the Himalayas, people had a negative view of Beijing by a more than three-to-one margin.
Across Asia-Pacific, most see growing  | Chinese military as a bad thing  | China'sgrowing military power is a for our country  | Bad thing  | Good thing  | South Korea 93%  | 4%  | Japan  | 90  | Vietnam  | 90  | Australia  | 78  | 10  | Philippines  | 66  | 26  | India  | 56  | 16  | 48  | Indonesia  | 30  | Source Spring 2017 Globa Attitudes Survey.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 