The survey was conducted online by the Global Times Research Center with market survey firm DATA100, collecting 2,148 valid questionnaires covering 16 Chinese cities from December 10 to 15.
It shows that apart from China, 14 percent of the respondents said Singapore is their favorite country. Canada is their least favorite with only 0.4 percent of respondents saying they like the country.
As for which country that the Chinese public would like to visit the most, the survey also shows Singapore at the top (17.1 percent), followed by Maldives and France.
A comparison of data over the past four years shows that Singapore had not been in the top six of Chinese respondents' choice since 2018, before jumping to the top in 2021.
Zhou Fangyin, a professor at the Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies, told the Global Times that it is indeed surprising to see Singapore at the top as both Chinese people's favorite country and favorite travel destination.
Noting that the improvement on favorability for Singapore formed a stark contrast with the decline of Western countries on the list, the expert believes that the reasons might include the decline of the negative news from Singapore in recent years.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has repeatedly stressed that the country does not take sides between China and the US, and he has an objective and calm attitude toward China-US relations.
On October 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his phone conversation with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that China and Singapore should jointly work to address the new task of post-pandemic development, and that the current socio-economic development of both countries and the bilateral relations are standing at a new starting point in history.
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PS. China should simply cut off ties with Canada, Australia and the UK. China does not need to trade with them. Let them trade with whoever they want or among themselves.
ReplyDeleteSin shall sink, like it or not. With the Indonesia Capital at Kalimantsn, the Sea-route for commerce shall be at Eastern Malaysia. The Sea-route important as it is, shall have its function greatly augmented by the Land-routes of supr-fast train-routes that will link-up the World. Even the Air-routes will have to compromise. Anyway, whether or not Sin exists will not matter to anyone except the Sinkies. Sin is just a tiny sand that serves no purpose in the Future. Period
Indeed Sin has out-lived it's usefulness. It is a reality that Sinkies cannot deny.
ReplyDeleteSad as it is, the Fate of Sin is sealed.