Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Diplomat — Most Chinese Expect War With Japan

A majority of Chinese believe their country will go to war with Japan according to a new survey. 
On Tuesday the 10th Japan-China Public Opinion Pollwas released. The annual survey of public opinion in both countries is jointly conducted by the Japanese non-governmental organization, the Genron NPO, and the Chinese state-run media outlet, China Daily. 
The survey found a slight majority of Chinese (53.4 percent) believe that there will be a military conflict with Japan in the future, including 11.2 percent who say that the conflict will be sometime in the next few years. This figure is up slightly from last year, when 52.6 percent of Chinese said there would be a military conflict with Japan in the future, including over 17 percent who said it would happen in the next few years. At the same time, 27.4 percent of Chinese respondents believe there will not be a war with Japan in the future, which is down 5 percent from last year. 
Japanese citizens are a lot more optimistic however, with only 29 percent of respondents saying there will be a military conflict with China in the future. This is up however from 23.7 percent who said the same thing last year. Similarly, while 38 percent of Japanese say there will not be a war with China in the future, this is down from the nearly 47 percent of Japanese who said the same thing last year.…
… 57.8 percent of Chinese say that the U.S. is a security threat while 55.2 percent say the same about Japan. This is slightly misleading, however, as the primary reason Chinese respondents feel Japan is a security threat is because of its “attempt to besiege China on a military front in cooperation with the United States.” 
It’s important to note that, although a growing number of Chinese and Japanese that believe their countries will go to war, this doesn’t appear to be the outcome they are in favor of.…
The Diplomat
Most Chinese Expect War With Japan
Zachary Keck

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