China's Emergence as a Superpower (till 2014)

[Dayuhan]

However, this from the US proves that maybe the actuals did not trickle down to where you are.

Those who opposed the Iraq war were certainly a minority, but they made plenty of noise and were fairly visible, though they were duly ignored. They came mainly from the left - the same crowd that produced the article you cited - and to a lesser extent the libertarian/isolationist fringe of the right. A few even came from the center... I personally thought the Iraq war was a bad idea from the start, and I don't identify with left or right. I'm sure I wasn't the only one. Overall I think you could fairly say that opposition to the war was more substantial among those who actively follow foreign policy issues than it was in the general population, though of course those who actively follow foreign policy issues constitute only a minimal minority of the general population.

Of course the broad support for the war evaporated quite quickly, as discussed above, which suggests that it was largely based on emotion and questionable information.

In so far, as the countercurrent article is concerned, I found it disconcerting but then one was left wondering if would find a chord with those who are batting for China, a country which feels that the US is meddling in the South China Seas and muddying the waters leading to a belligerent condition.

I don't know... you'd have to find someone who is "batting for China" and ask them. Haven't seen anyone doing that here.