Attitudes to China
Now a few more questions about China. Please say whether you personally agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
This question was last asked in 2019.
- 90%
- 60%
- 30%
- 0%
- 30%
- 60%
- 90%
China's infrastructure investment projects across Asia are part of China's plan for regional domination
2019
19
79
Australia should do more to resist China's military aggression in our region, even if this affects our economic relationship
2015
27
66
6
2019
20
77
Australia is too economically dependent on China
2019
24
74
Infrastructure investment projects across Asia are good for the region
2019
52
44
Australia is doing enough to pressure China to improve human rights
2008
62
35
2010
66
29
2011
58
36
6
2016
86
8
7
2019
70
27
In 2015, the question asked was about China’s military ‘aggression’, as opposed to China’s military ‘activities’ in 2019. The chart shows combined responses for ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’, and ‘strongly disagree’ and ‘disagree’ for the questions asked in 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Dashed line indicates change in mode: see Methodology.