I could be wrong but the Chinese émigrés don’t necessarily like China in so far as they don’t like the CCP. They emigrated for a reason and ten years ago, CCP demanded vocal loyalty of Chinese diaspora which did not go down well for obvious reasons.
But I imagine that the reason Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have more favourable view of China is because Beijing knows well how to isolate them from supporting their fellow ASEAN neighbours Vietnam and Philippines, who are having maritime dispute with China. That being said, the survey did not ask Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan on their view of China. It will completely change the story.
I could be wrong but the Chinese émigrés don’t necessarily like China in so far as they don’t like the CCP. They emigrated for a reason and ten years ago, CCP demanded vocal loyalty of Chinese diaspora which did not go down well for obvious reasons.
But I imagine that the reason Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have more favourable view of China is because Beijing knows well how to isolate them from supporting their fellow ASEAN neighbours Vietnam and Philippines, who are having maritime dispute with China. That being said, the survey did not ask Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan on their view of China. It will completely change the story.