It's misinformation because it's been presented it as if it's up to date data. The question of the poll is not whether people like the US or China as a country. I suspect most people in Iran just don't have a very strong opinion about Chinese society because it's not involved in their lives, unlike Russia and the US. The actual poll question is whether they want the country to choose alignment with the west or east if they had to choose one. From an individual economic point of view, which one would be more profitable? Be honest, do you really think that China would risk exports to western markets for the sake of Iran, even if Iran behaved perfectly as China would wish? I don't think so. Iran isn't that important to China and Iranians know it. So if you want a better life, actually being like their neighbours Iraq, Qatar or Saudi Arabia and hosting US troops is the perfect strategy because you get investment from both the US and China. If you fight the west, China will ignore you. That only started to change with the Ukraine war. You say it yourself, you get more cooperation from China if you're a US ally. Are you really surprised by the survey response from 2024?
I never said you get more cooperation from China if you're a US ally. Why do you constantly paint China as a simp for the US? What I mean is that China doesn't care if you are a US ally or not. If cooperation increases, it's because the sanctions are gone. And since Iran is sanctioned for being openly anti-West, the question is: Did China ever ask Iran to do that? China has never asked and will never ask any country to be anti-West, it was Iran’s clerical regime that decided to make Iran the vanguard of the Islamic anti-West revolution. This is something even China hasn't done publicly.
For the past decade, China endured US containment and remained on the defensive. When China struck back hard in 2025, and won respect, China still chose to de-escalate with the US. This is because China understands it is not yet the time for a final showdown—even though it is far stronger than Iran. It’s like fighting a mafia boss. Iran rushes in like a lunatic, gets its ass kicked, and then turns around and screams at China: 'Why are you grinding and practicing Kung Fu on the sidelines instead of coming over here to get your ass kicked too?'
Since you say Iranians don't hate China, we can assume a new government, even a pro-West one, wouldn't be anti-China. The people would finally get the western lifestyle they were still hoping for in 2024 (it’s hard to believe your claim that everything flipped in 2025 when decades prior couldn't change a thing), and China can finally invest safely.
In fact, there are even more benefits: The risk of nuclear proliferation is reduced. The Middle Eastern monarchs no longer need to fear for their thrones. And if the US and Israel personally conduct the regime change, it helps China. Just like the aftermath of October 7th, while it demonstrated their hegemonic power to do whatever they please, the resulting damage to US soft power, and the boost to China’s, was something China could never have dreamed of achieving on its own. Some might call China "weak" for not intervening. But as recent years have shown, far more people will recognize the US's bullying nature and it will improve China's international environment.
It looks like regime change is ultimately a win-win for everyone. The only losers are the Mullahs lol.