US AND CHINA INFLUENCE
In general, interviewees from Singapore were significantly more likely than Americans to believe that China benefits Asia and Singapore.
In contrast, 50.1 % of respondents said this was the case for China, while 34.3 per cent said this was true for both the US and China.
In comparison to a similar question about the future of the United States, responders in Singapore even believed that China will have the most effect in Asia in ten years.
Only income level helped to explain the differences in messages once more to understand the factors that influenced respondents ‘ perceptions of China and the US influence on Singapore, according to IPS.  ,
Despite that, it was discovered that Singaporeans with higher-income background were more likely to have an ambivalent perspective of both nations in terms of their control.
Additionally, researchers compared the responses from respondents from Singapore to those from three different other political systems, including Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.  ,
Residents were more balanced between the two countries than those in Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, which were more in favor of the US.
According to IPS, factors like age, gender, education, social curiosity, and their attachment to authoritarianism helped them understand how they perceived the US and China’s level of influence.  ,
For example, in the Philippines, those aged 56 and above felt that the US had a more favorable influence than China.
In Taiwan, people were split in terms of which power they favoured.  ,
Related to Singapore, Vietnamese responders who are in the higher income bracket and those with higher political interests were more likely to believe that both nations ‘ influence was the same.  ,
In response to the most recent study, IPS claimed that respondents may self-administer their choices while the interviewers were present.  ,
Before, investigators would hand out concerns to responders and record their responses in tablets. Interviewers may respond to inquiries that respondents may have, and they also “peer stress” respondents to provide accurate answers, according to IPS.  ,
This change in the way data is collected led to a higher proportion of respondents choosing the” Do n’t understand/Do n’t know/Can’t choose/Decline to answer” options.
This was particularly true for inquiries into foreign relations.
According to IPS,” there is a mathematically significant connection between the way people completed the study and this area of it.”  ,
Those completing the questions on their own were more likely to choose the” Do n’t understand/Do n’t know/Can’t choose/Decline to answer” options.  ,
These actions were not taken into account when determining the responses ‘ mean results, according to IPS.