In recent years, China’s global image has fallen drastically in many parts of the globe, sometimes to its lowest level in decades.
In Southeast Asia, where China could have used its growing dominance of trade integration to bolster its image, a comprehensive annual survey released in early 2022 by the Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore found that overwhelming majorities of Southeast Asians are “worried about (China’s) growing regional political and strategic influence.”
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