Global views appear to have flipped in Beijing’s favour, driven in part by tensions between the Trump administration and US allies, a new Pew survey shows
It kind of depends on who you are though, or where you are.
I am not white and I do not have the same privileges as my white friends. If we protest, I tend to be targeted first. When shopping, I tend to be stopped by security for an additional check - they never do. When pulled over for speeding, I get asked additional questions that they rarely do.
And I have it good because of where I live - some have it much, much worse.
I once used to dream of emigrating when I was young, and my relatives want me there because they think I’m smart and I could make lots of money, which is the point of going there. Now that I am old enough, I’d rather deal with my homeland problems at the level of acceptable comfort than trying to pay the price of being there.
I’m in the Philippines, a country where we have a questionable relationship with China: they continue to question the 2016 arbitration ruling, and we are tied in a very uneven trade agreement where we have to import nearly everything from there while exporting raw goods to them but subject to their protectionist measures.
It kind of depends on who you are though, or where you are.
I am not white and I do not have the same privileges as my white friends. If we protest, I tend to be targeted first. When shopping, I tend to be stopped by security for an additional check - they never do. When pulled over for speeding, I get asked additional questions that they rarely do.
And I have it good because of where I live - some have it much, much worse.
I once used to dream of emigrating when I was young, and my relatives want me there because they think I’m smart and I could make lots of money, which is the point of going there. Now that I am old enough, I’d rather deal with my homeland problems at the level of acceptable comfort than trying to pay the price of being there.
I’m in the Philippines, a country where we have a questionable relationship with China: they continue to question the 2016 arbitration ruling, and we are tied in a very uneven trade agreement where we have to import nearly everything from there while exporting raw goods to them but subject to their protectionist measures.