MECO issues statement lamenting listing of Philippines as 2nd most hated country by Taiwanese
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/02
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Many Taiwanese and Filipino netizens alike are perplexed by the
Philippine flag and dislike button. (By Wikimedia Commons)
results of a survey by the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation released on June 17, which listed the Philippines as the second-most-hated country by Taiwanese respondents.
The poll, released by the non-governmental and non-profit institute, revealed that Taiwanese respondents most hate North Korea at 70.9 percent, followed by the Philippines (52.9 percent), China (43.9 percent), South Korea (33.8 percent) and Russia (29.7 percent). The country that Taiwanese like the most is Singapore at 88.2 percent, followed by Japan (84.5 percent), Canada (82.3 percent), the European Union (74.8 percent) and the United States (70.6 percent) rounding out the top five.
What is concerning to the 150,000 Filipinos working in Taiwan is that the Philippines was second only to North Korea in terms of most hated nations, a majority at 52.9 percent dislike the Philippines and they hated the country even more than China, despite its constant bullying. [FULL STORY]
