Just 26% hold a favourable view of India,Most Chinese apprehend war against neighbours: Pew

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Most Chinese apprehend war against neighbours: Pew
Just 26% hold a favourable view of India, with whom China has had numerous territorial disputes for more than a half century, the latest survey by Pew found

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Beijing is involved in maritime disputes with a host of neighbours regarding the South China Sea and with Japan over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Photo: Reuters
Beijing: The growing India-China rivalry is taking a toll on Chinese public opinion as less than 30% view India favourably while nearly 60% apprehend territorial disputes with neighbouring countries could lead to a “military conflict”, according to a latest survey.

Just 26% hold a favourable view of India, with whom China has had numerous territorial disputes for more than a half century, the latest survey by US-based Pew Research Centre found.

Besides the border dispute, Chinese official media also has been constantly highlighting the growing rivalry between the two Asian giants especially in the backdrop of Indian economy posting higher growth rates amid the economic slowdown in China as well as growing India-US relations.

While India has a border dispute with China over the latter’s claims on Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin area annexed in 1962, Beijing is involved in maritime disputes with a host of neighbours regarding the South China Sea and with Japan over the disputed islands in the East China Sea.

On the land borders, India along with Bhutan are the only two countries among the 14 with which China is yet to settle the boundary dispute. Chinese public opinion about India is better compared to Japan as only 14% voiced favourable opinion, which nosedived from 63% in 2006.

However, despite China’s close alliance with North Korea, 55% of Chinese viewed South Korea favourably. “Chinese views of some of their neighbours may also reflect public worries about potential conflicts with those nations. Nearly six-in-ten Chinese (59%) are concerned that territorial conflicts between China and neighbouring countries could lead to military conflict.

“Such sentiment is largely unchanged from 2014,” the survey said. For the Chinese, America remained a major concern as 45% see US power and influence as posing a major threat to their country. Such concern is up from 39% in 2013.

The second-highest international concern of the Chinese is global economic instability as 35% see it as a major threat. Chinese exports have slowed in recent years as the world economy has decelerated, which may give rise to such worry.

On the domestic front, roughly 49% Chinese public said corrupt officials are a very big problem in the country, while another 34% believe they are a moderately big issue, according to the survey.

Inequality is also a top worry for China as gap between the rich and the poor increased in the communist nation. Around 37% consider the growing gap between rich and poor a very big problem, and 40% believe it is a moderately big problem.

As China, the world’s second largest economy, expanded its influence in the world, it also caused degree of anxiety among the Chinese.



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[beijingwalker]

Friendship starts from the grassroots level so does animosity and hostility.

On the land borders, India along with Bhutan are the only two countries among the 14 with which China is yet to settle the boundary dispute.

It shows that China is a good neighbor and is ready to compromise to work out border disputes with all reasonable countries.

 

[Echo_419]

Friendship starts from the grassroots level so does animosity and hostility.

I agree with you on this one, though I don't think our countries need to be hostile towards each other. We can cooperate on many areas

It shows that China is a good neighbor and is ready to compromise to work out border disputes with all reasonable countries.

I think that the current borders should be legitimized we will never get Aksai China & you have no chance of getting Aarunachal pradesh

 

[beijingwalker]

China never wanted to be India's enemy, with both superpowers US and USSR at our throat, the last thing China wanted was a hostile neighbor India and we treated India as our best friend, but India adopted Dalai Lama who stirred up Tibetan uprising and guerrilla warfare in his Indian base. Indian troops encroached Chinese land under their" forward policy" .India just stabbed us in the back at our worst time in the history. Chinese people remember this betrayal for generations, it won't go away easily down at the grassroots level. And India now is still doing the same and China now is powerful enough to teach India a lesson or two.

I agree with you on this one, though I don't think our countries need to be hostile towards each other. We can cooperate on many areas


I think that the current borders should be legitimized we will never get Aksai China & you have no chance of getting Aarunachal pradesh

That's what we first proposed and you refused, you've just missed the chance which will never come back. now it's the people that would never allow the government to compromise and no government will risk being thrown out to do this.

 

[Echo_419]

China never wanted to be India's enemy, with both superpowers US and USSR at our throat, the last thing China wanted was a hostile neighbor India and we treated India as our best friend, but India adopted Dalai Lama who stirred up Tibetan uprising and guerrilla warfare in his Indian base. Indian troops encroached Chinese land under their" forward policy" .India just stabbed us in the back at our worst time in the history. Chinese people remember this betrayal for generations, it won't go away easily down at the grassroots level. And India now is still doing the same and China now is powerful enough to teach India a lesson or two.



That's what we first proposed and you refused, you've just missed the chance which will never come back. now it's the people that would never allow the government to compromise and no government will risk being thrown out to do this.

Do you really need to make an enemy out of us? Think about this logically, India & China had very little contact throughout history and we never really fought each other.Your point regarding the Dalai Lama is also not correct, before the 62 war we extended only moral support to the Tibetan struggle it was only after the war that we did provide some help to Tibetan guerrillas, just like China provided arms to Communist guerrillas in India.Do you really think a deeply religious country like India would have handed back the leader of Tibetan Buddhism knowing that he would be killed.

As of 2016 the most logical thing for both Nations would be to settle the border dispute on a priority basis and establish an mutually respectful relationship, independent of outsider influence.

 

[beijingwalker]

Do you really need to make an enemy out of us? Think about this logically, India & China had very little contact throughout history and we never really fought each other.Your point regarding the Dalai Lama is also not correct, before the 62 war we extended only moral support to the Tibetan struggle it was only after the war that we did provide some help to Tibetan guerrillas, just like China provided arms to Communist guerrillas in India.Do you really think a deeply religious country like India would have handed back the leader of Tibetan Buddhism knowing that he would be killed.

As of 2016 the most logical thing for both Nations would be to settle the border dispute on a priority basis and establish an mutually respectful relationship, independent of outsider influence.

Then expecting China hosts your most wanted man as our most honored guest. Fair enough.

 

[[Bregs]]

Nothing surprising in this survey as minority of Indians feel positive about china despite having expanding business relations

 

[beijingwalker]

Nothing surprising in this survey as minority of Indians feel positive about china despite having expanding business relations

Of course, it must be going both ways.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Do you really need to make an enemy out of us? Think about this logically, India & China had very little contact throughout history and we never really fought each other.Your point regarding the Dalai Lama is also not correct, before the 62 war we extended only moral support to the Tibetan struggle it was only after the war that we did provide some help to Tibetan guerrillas, just like China provided arms to Communist guerrillas in India.Do you really think a deeply religious country like India would have handed back the leader of Tibetan Buddhism knowing that he would be killed.

As of 2016 the most logical thing for both Nations would be to settle the border dispute on a priority basis and establish an mutually respectful relationship, independent of outsider influence.

Since when did China send weapons to the Maoist insurgents in India?

The reason why Chinese and Indian relations are so bad is the fault of India. India started the war in 1962, India took in the unholy Dalai Lama, Indian media runs anti China stories and India constantly measures up against a China that just wants to focus on the Eastern coast of the country.

No one in China gives a shit about the 1962 war, its water under the bridge. Its the Indian media that makes a big deal and act like a bunch of drama queens and falsifying history.

Example. The Chola incident. When I read up on it back in the early 2000s, casualties numbered in the single digits. Now there are Indians writing new articles claiming that hundreds of PLA died in that fight. a decade later, maybe India won the 1962 war after illegally invading Chinese territory and bragging about it.

 

[beijingwalker]

No one in China gives a shit about the 1962 war, its water under the bridge. Its the Indian media that makes a big deal and act like a bunch of drama queens and falsifying history.

99% Chinese people never heard of 1962 war

 

[Echo_419]

Then expecting China hosts your most wanted man as our most honored guest. Fair enough.

Hopefully the successor of this current Dalai lama will solve this problem

 

[coffee_cup]

Since when did China send weapons to the Maoist insurgents in India?

The reason why Chinese and Indian relations are so bad is the fault of India. India started the war in 1962, India took in the unholy Dalai Lama, Indian media runs anti China stories and India constantly measures up against a China that just wants to focus on the Eastern coast of the country.

No one in China gives a shit about the 1962 war, its water under the bridge. Its the Indian media that makes a big deal and act like a bunch of drama queens and falsifying history.

Example. The Chola incident. When I read up on it back in the early 2000s, casualties numbered in the single digits. Now there are Indians writing new articles claiming that hundreds of PLA died in that fight. a decade later, maybe India won the 1962 war after illegally invading Chinese territory and bragging about it.

That is a serious problems with Indians, they always exaggerate things to please their public (which has unfortunately grown so found of bollywood masala).

India is full with all kinds of contradicitons: On one hand she has a very long history of sponsoring terrorism in the neighborhood, on the other hand when neighbors react, she cries victim and finds "terrorist master-minds" everywhere but at home.

Then they pull all sort of absurd claims such as winning 1948, 1965 and 1999 wars with Pakistan and 1962 war with China (even though in 1948 they end up losing major chunk of Kashmir, in 1962 soundly beaten by China and in 1965 and 1999 were stalemates).

Then they come up with this latest episode of cross-border "surgical strikes" in Pakistan, knowing fully how absurd that claim is and how she will lose any credibility left in her.

And then she comes and complains that neighbors do not take her seriously and doubt her "nobel intentions".

What a neighbor we have got, *Sigh*

 

[Echo_419]

Since when did China send weapons to the Maoist insurgents in India?

The reason why Chinese and Indian relations are so bad is the fault of India. India started the war in 1962, India took in the unholy Dalai Lama, Indian media runs anti China stories and India constantly measures up against a China that just wants to focus on the Eastern coast of the country.

No one in China gives a shit about the 1962 war, its water under the bridge. Its the Indian media that makes a big deal and act like a bunch of drama queens and falsifying history.

Example. The Chola incident. When I read up on it back in the early 2000s, casualties numbered in the single digits. Now there are Indians writing new articles claiming that hundreds of PLA died in that fight. a decade later, maybe India won the 1962 war after illegally invading Chinese territory and bragging about it.

I am talking about the period before "Deng" you guys supported communist revolutions all around the world then.

I do understand your hatred for our shitty media, but sadly much of our media likes to behave that way, overly sensationalist, but if both the governments really took some solid initiative I think this problem of "Perception" can be solved.
For starters the settlement of border dispute along the current LAC would be a good start

99% Chinese people never heard of 1962 war

That will make fixing relations between both countries easy

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Hopefully the successor of this current Dalai lama will solve this problem

The successor will. He is in China and is groomed to clean up the mess caused by the fake money grubbing Dalai Lama.

 

[beijingwalker]

India broke the ancient old principle that good friends don't harbor each others enemies. That's the foundation for any kind of amiable relationship to be built on.