Back in 2020.The poll shows 23% of adult Australians trust China either “a great deal” or “somewhat” to act responsibly in the world – compared with 52% in 2018 – while just 22% express confidence in Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, to do the right thing in world affairs.
The same questions, when asked about Australia’s top security ally, are revealing, with 51% trusting the US a great deal or somewhat to act responsibly in the world – a score that is about 30 points lower than the Barack Obama-induced high of 2009.
Politicians go by polls and media influences the sentiments.
Being elected seems more important than economics.
But not everybody loses in the economics.
