China swings right

Five times more conservatives than liberals in China, says survey

Some 38.1 per cent of those surveyed held more conservative values, were more critical of overall individualism and leaned towards the "left", a term that commonly refers to those more patriotic, according to the study by scholar Zhang Mingshu, director of the political culture research centre at the academy.

The left-right divide is different because of the revolution in China, but the sentiments are the same as seen in Japan and Europe.