Asia-Pacific Region: China and Korea Feeling

asia-pacific region: Overall, 79 percent of people across the Asia-Pacific region said they are alarmed by China's growing military strength, with as many as 9 in 10 in Japan and South Korea feeling this way, Pew researchers said, according to The Japan Times. China the world's second-largest economy has adopted a more bullish approach to foreign relations under President Xi Jinping. While just over half of people in Japan agreed that China's economic growth was a good thing, a huge 75 percent perceived investment from China in their country negatively, a survey by Washington-based Pew Research Center found. ; Responses in Australia, South Korea and the Philippines followed a similar pattern, according to the survey of more than 38,000 people across 34 countries. Beijing has built military installations and sent survey ships into disputed territory in the fiercely contested South China Sea, where several countries have competing claims. People in emerging markets tended to view China's economic growth more positively than those in developed countries, the survey also found. At the same time, China has extended its economic influence around the world through overseas investments, loans and aid to developing countries. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.