A Cyrus Janssen YouTube video clip of 25 November flags up a Cambridge University Centre for the Future of Democracy (CFD) report (published 20 October 2022) A World Divided: Russia, China and the West showing that:
(a) Among the 1.2 billion people who inhabit the world’s liberal democracies, three-quarters (75%) now hold a negative view of China, and 87% a negative view of Russia, according to the report, published today by the University’s Centre for the Future of Democracy (CFD).
(b) Yet among the 6.3 billion who live in the world’s remaining 136 countries, the opposite is the case – with 70% of people feeling positively towards China and 66% towards Russia.
This resonates with the final paragraphs of my Op-ed dated 22 November in the China Daily, in particular -
".. according to calculations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, developing countries will account for nearly 60 percent of the world's GDP on a purchasing-power parity basis by 2030. More are becoming confident enough to assert their national interests, individually or collectively, in defiance of hegemonic strong-arm tactics.
OPEC's recent refusal to expand oil production on US say-so is a case in point. More are likely to have China as the largest trading partner and to welcome, as espoused by Xi, a more inclusive world order not drawn on ideological lines."
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