ASEAN: views on China's political influence 2024

In a survey conducted among Southeast Asians in 2024, 73.5 percent of the respondents from ASEAN countries were worried about the growing political and strategic influence of China in the region in 2024. This marked an increase to the previous year. The share of respondents expressing their appreciation of China's growing political influence in the region decreased to 26.5 percent in 2024.

Views on the political influence of China among respondents in Southeast Asia in 2024

Characteristic	I am worried about its growing regional economic influence	I welcome its growing regional economic influence
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April 2024

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Region

Asia, APAC

Survey time period

January 3 to February 23, 2024

Number of respondents

856 respondents

Special properties

among Southeast Asian respondents

Method of interview

CAPI interview, questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Original question: "What is your view of this political and strategic power’s influence on your country?"

Respondents included those who previously answered "China" in response to a question about which country or regional organization is currently the most influential political power in Southeast Asia.

ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations and is a political and economic union composed of the ten member states Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

On their calculation methodology for ASEAN average figures, the source states the following:

We decided to apply a different methodology this year assigning a 10% weighted average to each country’s responses to calculate the average figures for ASEAN as a whole. This is to ensure that the responses of each country are represented by equal proportion, given that ASEAN’s decision-making processes are based on each country having equal say, regardless of country or population size.

Number of respondents in 2024 overall survey: n = 1,994

Respondent share by nationality:

Brunei: n = 3.2% (2021) 3.2% (2022) 9.2% (2023) 3.9% (2024)
Cambodia: n = 2.5% (2021) 4.8% (2022) 10.2% (2023) 9.5% (2024)
Indonesia: n = 12.5% (2021) 7.8% (2022) 9.3% (2023) 13.3% (2024)
Laos: n = 3.9% (2021) 2.6% (2022) 8.2% (2023) 8% (2024)
Malaysia: n = 11.3% (2021) 8.1% (2022) 9.5% (2023) 11.3% (2024)
Myanmar: n = 15.1% (2021) 20.9% (2022) 8.8% (2023) 9.5% (2024)
Philippines: n = 6.5% (2021) 23.9% (2022) 7.6% (2023) 10.8% (2024)
Singapore: n = 15.3% (2021) 13.2% (2022) 15.9% (2023) 13.7% (2024)
Thailand: n = 12.7% (2021) 7% (2022) 11% (2023) 10.1% (2024)
Vietnam: n = 17% (2021) 8.6% (2022) 10.4% (2023) 10% (2024)