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"title": "Countries Worry About China’s Military Power"
"description": "That's the number of countries, among the 47 nations  covered in the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes survey, in which majorities or pluralities called China's growing military power a \"bad thing.\""
"date": "2007-06-28"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/06/28/countries-worry-about-chinas-military-power/"
---

# Countries Worry About China’s Military Power

Among 47 countries covered in the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes survey, majorities or pluralities in 32 called China’s growing military power a “bad thing,” although many among these same countries see China’s economic growth as a good thing. Concern about China’s military muscle is especially strong in South Korea and Japan as well as France.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/524/global-unease-with-major-world-powers-and-leaders)