A recent commissioned survey by Pulse Asia showed that a large number of Filipinos favored a diplomatic solution to the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea. The May 5 to May 9 poll asked 1,200 adult Filipinos nationwide two similar questions on how to handle the conflict and to choose their replies from multiple responses offered by the pollster on China’s growing aggressiveness in asserting its claims to nearly all of the strategic waterway.

Medina, M. (2024, July 5). Pinoys favor diplomatic solution to sea row with China - poll. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A4.