ASEAN citizens view China as paramount future partner: Japan poll

Nearly half of people surveyed in Southeast Asia picked China as the region's most important partner in the future, surpassing Japan for the first time, according to the results of a Japanese government opinion poll released Wednesday.The survey showed 48 percent of respondents from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations chose China, unchanged from the last survey in fiscal 2019. China was followed by 43 percent for Japan, down 8 percentage points, and 41 percent for the United States, up 4 points.It marked the first time that Beijing has ranked first since the Foreign Ministr…READ FULL ARTICLE