(L to R) COSCO PCT CEO captain Fu Chengqiu, Greek Potami (River) Party leader Stavros Theodorakis and Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli shake hands while taking a tour at COSCO's subsidiary Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) premises at Piraeus port, Athens, Greece, on May 15, 2015. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
by Maria Spiliopoulou
ATHENS, July 24 (Xinhua) -- An overwhelming majority of Greeks have a positive view of China and Chinese people and welcome bilateral cooperation, according to an opinion poll conducted by polling firm Public Issue for "Avghi" (Dawn) newspaper on Sunday.
Seventy percent of Greeks have a positive opinion about China and the Chinese people, while 67 percent of the respondents see the economic cooperation with China as a good opportunity for growth, the survey showed.
Regarding relations within the European Union (EU), euroscepticism in Greece remains high with 55 percent of Greeks expressing a positive opinion about the euro and 44 percent of respondents a positive opinion about the EU, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.
Asked what they would vote if a referendum on Grexit was held today, a 56 percent of Greeks said they would vote in favor of remaining in the eurozone and 39 percent against.
Meanwhile, 72 percent of respondents said they would prefer national governments took back some powers from Brussels.
