Favorable view of China
In the Asia/Pacific region, opinion is mixed. Favorable opinion of China ranges from a high of 64% in Australia to a low of 10% in Vietnam. In Australia, positive views of China have increased 12 percentage points in just the past year (as favorable views of the U.S. have declined 12 points). But favorable opinions of China have also fallen over the past two years in Vietnam (-9 points) and Indonesia (-8).
Additionally, China’s ratings have slowly declined in most Asian countries surveyed. For example, 55% in Japan had a positive rating of their Asian neighbor in 2002, but now only 13% do, despite a rise in Japan in favorability towards China after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Long-term decline in ratings for China among Asian publics, except in Australia  | Favorable view of China  | 80%  | 73  | 66  | 64 Australia  | 55 Indonesia  | 55  | 520  | 55 Philippines  | 35  | 34 South Korea  | 26 India  | 16  | 13 10 Japan Vietnam  | 10 Japan Vietnam  | 2002  | 2005  | 2008  | 2011  | 2014  | 2017  | Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey. Q120.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 