How Southeast Asia Aligns on the U.S.-China Rivalry

If ASEAN were forced to align itself with one of the strategic rivals, which should it choose? (Graphs show what percent of survey respondents from each nation selected China.)

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Note: For each ASEAN member state, percent of respondents who preferred alignment with China and percent who preferred alignment with the U.S. total to 100%. To calculate the overall ASEAN figure, the result for each of the 10 nations was given a 10% weighting, irrespective of population differences.

Chart: TIMESource: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, State of Southeast Asia Survey ReportCreated with Datawrapper