South Africans View US and China

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) published on 1 October 2015 an analysis titled "Take Your Cue from Pew" by Peter Fabricius, ISS consultant.  He writes that while the South African government increasingly demonstrates its preference for China over the United States, South African public opinion has a different view.  Some 74 percent of South Africans view the US favorably while only 52 percent are as well disposed towards China, according to a poll taken by the Pew Research Center in May 2015.