MAJORITY OPPOSE U.S. WAR ON CHINA

 

The majority of Australians prefer a policy of neutrality and oppose joining US wars under the ANZUS alliance, polling shows.

by Peter Cronau | 9 Mar, 2023 | AUKUS, democracy, free speech, journalism

Amajority of Australians want Australia to adopt a policy of neutrality when it comes to considering a US war against China, according to the latest polling by the Lowy Institute think tank.

The poll, conducted in 2022, found 51% of Australians said they’d prefer Australia to remain ‘neutral’ in any US military conflict with China over Taiwan, down from 57% in 2020. [Fig: 1]

This runs so contrary to mainstream media representations of such polling that it’s worth stating again: The majority of Australians (51%) say they want Australia to maintain ‘neutrality’ in any US military conflict with China over Taiwan.

This remarkable finding reinforces earlier polling by the Lowy Institute that found most Australians, while happy to support our military involvement in humanitarian interventions or peacekeeping, do not want the country to ‘support US military action’ in a war against China – and the number of Australians saying this is increasing each year polled (2020 63%, up from 2013 60%). [Fig: 2]

At a time of hysterical pro-war reporting in many of Australia’s major mainstream news outlets, the views of the Australian public against the US alliance and the US push for confrontation with China, should gain some higher prominence; if our media was interested in balance. Media’s ignoring the majority view is undemocratic and not in Australia’s national interest.

Support for a US war with China low

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https://declassifiedaus.org/2023/03/09/majority-oppose-u-s-war-on-china/