Survey: Most Taiwan people favor exchanges with mainland
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-17 21:32
BEIJING -- A survey of more than 1,000 people in Taiwan has showed that more
than half favor developing exchanges with the Chinese mainland.
In the survey, conducted on August 10 and 11 at the request of Taiwan
Thinktank, people were asked by telephone whether it was more important to
"develop exchanges with the mainland" or to develop relations with other
countries.
Of the 1,072 respondents, 50.7 percent put "developing exchanges with the
mainland" first, 38.7 percent chose "developing relations with other countries"
and the rest chose not to respond, according to survey results released by
Taiwan Thinktank.
"It shows Taiwan people have high hopes for cross-Strait relations," said
Yung-Ming Hsu, assistant research fellow of Taiwan's "Academia Sinica".
He said the survey shows the majority of Taiwan people believe
"(international) diplomacy is useless" and "cross-Straits relations are
omnipotent". The mainland's policies on Taiwan are effective and have produced
results, he added.
He said the mainland has more leverage in influencing changes in cross-Strait
relations.
Asked what was the most appropriate means of achieving "space in the
international community", 38.7 percent chose the pursuit of dialogue with the
Chinese mainland, 34.9 percent chose their "own efforts" and 17.8 percent chose
to "seek the help of major powers".
Asked to select the political party they most identified with in terms of
ideology and policies, 45 percent chose the Kuomintang, 18.5 percent chose the
Democratic Progressive Party, 5.5 percent chose the Taiwan Solidarity Union and
2.3 percent chose the People First Party.
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