SWS: Pinoys' trust in China falls to bad; remains excellent in US

Filipinos' net trust in China fell from poor to bad, while trust in the United States remained excellent, according to the Third Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey.

The survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed that trust in China, which was at -33 (21% much trust, 54% little trust) was down by nine points from the -24 in June 2019.  This was the lowest since the -35 China got in June 2018.

According to SWS, net trust in China has been positive in only nine out of 51 surveys since the SWS first survey in August 1994.  In June 2010, it reached a high moderate +17, while registering a record-low of -46 in September 2015.

The third quarter sruvey was conducted from September 27-30, 2019 using face-to-face interviews of 1,800 adults nationwide: 600 each in Balance Luzon and Mindanao, and 300 each in Metro Manila and the Visayas (sampling error margins of ±2.3% for national percentages, ±4% each for Balance Luzon and Mindanao, and ±6% each for Metro Manila and the Visayas).

The survey was non-commissioned.

The SWS terminology for Net Trust Ratings was: +70 and above, "excellent"; +50 to +69, "very good"; +30 to +49, "good"; +10 to +29, "moderate"; +9 to -9, "neutral"; -10 to -29, "poor"; -30 to -49, "bad"; -50 to -69, "very bad"; -70 and below, "execrable."

Filipinos' trust for the United States remained excellent at +72 (80% much trust, 8% little trust), almost the same as its June 2019 rating at +73.

For Australia, net trust rating was very good at +37, although down from +46 in June 2019.

Net trust rating stayed good for Japan at +35, while it was moderate for Singapore at +26.

For Vietnam, net trust fell from moderate to neutral. —LDF, GMA News