Research on Public Attitudes towards China in Australia:An Analysis of the Annual “Australia and the World” Survey from 2007-2012

    Abstract:On the basis of analysis of six years of opinion survey data on perceptions of China taken from the Australia Lowy Institute for International Policy “Australia and the World” opinion survey from 2007-2012,this article describes Australian public opinion towards China from multiple perspectives, discuss the effects of these perceptions towards China, and offers suggestions for how to enhance favorable impressions of ChinaIn sum, it finds that the China factor plays an increasingly important role in Australian public opinion with respect to the world, and the Australian public’s views of China continue to become more pluralistic and multidimensionalThe views of the Australian public towards China’s development also continue to become more complex