Much Chinese have set their opinion over the battle of Trump versus Clinton for the U.S. presidency. According to a survey, many favor Hillary Clinton.
In a survey released last month, 37 percent of respondents favored Hillary Clinton while only 22 percent favored Donald Trump.
American Pew Research Centre conducted another poll that revealed 35 percent of respondents disliked Clinton while 40 percent had an unfavorable impression of Trump.
Analysts said that the battle of Trump versus Clinton in the Asia Pacific saw Clinton as a winner.
According to David Black, a pollster at Blackbox Research, which helped conduct the survey. "As such, Trump carries less baggage than we see elsewhere in Asia."
"The fact that he is essentially a businessman with no attachment to previous U.S. administrations means that the Chinese are, for the moment, giving him the benefit of the doubt," he added.
In a poll conducted in Asia Pacific, 5,600 respondents came from China. Only 39 percent supported Trump.
However, analysts think that Trump supporters in China influence public opinion on Clinton.
Robert Sutter, a China specialist at George Washington University, said, "If the effect of his policies is to undermine the U.S. alliance with Korea and Japan, how is that bad for China?"
"She's very tough in terms of her language towards Chinese when dealing with trade, cyber theft, and North Korea. She's very knowledgeable and she highlights the fact that she knows how China operates and she knows that they know. That's why they don't like her because she's going after them," he added.
The specialist noted, "With Trump, the Chinese are often sanguine and optimistic that they can manage the relationship with Trump successfully."
Wang Yiwei, a professor at the School of International Relations at China's Renmin University, agreed. He said, "It's not necessarily that Chinese think highly of Trump. I'd rather think it's more to do with unfavorable public opinions of Clinton among the Chinese people."