(UPDATE) SEVENTY-NINE percent of Filipinos consider China the 'greatest threat' to the Philippines and backed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s approach of not yielding to the Asian superpower's provocative actions in the South China Sea, the latest survey of Publicus Asia showed.
The Pahayag 2023 First Quarter survey showed that majority of Filipinos trust Japan, the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , Canada, South Korea, Australia and the United States, and distrust China and Russia. The survey, conducted between March 2 and March 6, with 1,500 respondents, showed that 55 percent trusted Japan, followed by Asean and Canada, at 45 percent and 44 percent, respectively.
We can infer that voters have varying attitudes toward these entities, particularly the United States, China and Russia,' said Eric Estrabo, Pahayag Project lead.The Philippines and China are locked in a dispute over the South China Sea. Beijing claims about 80 percent of the waterway, citing what it calls 'historic rights.
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