A Taiwan poll shows that most people are not worried that Taiwan-US relations will regress after US President Joe Biden takes office. Another 79 percent of the public support Taiwan’s membership in the United Nations, while more than half support Taiwan’s move toward independence and only 14 percent support Taiwan’s move toward cross-strait reunification. Some pro-green scholars believe that Tsai Ing-wen’s government has deviated from the DPP’s platform for Taiwan independence and has not responded to public opinion, even falling into the policy framework of prioritizing cross-strait relations over foreign relations under Ma Ying-jeou’s administration.
Will Taiwan-US relations change as a result of Biden’s presidency? On the eve of Biden’s inauguration, the Green-backed Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation asked in a telephone poll, “Is Biden worried that Taiwan-U.S. relations will regress?” Sixty-five percent of the respondents said they were not worried, while only 28 percent were worried.
Compared to the poll conducted three months ago before the U.S. election, the number of Taiwanese who have doubts about the regression of Taiwan-U.S. relations during the Biden era has decreased by about 10 percentage points, while those who are not worried has increased by 11 percentage points, according to the analysis of Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation Chairman Ying-Lung Yau.
Sixty-five percent are not worried about Biden’s regression on Taiwan and the United States
You Yinglong said, although the Biden Administration has the original Obama administration back to the dynasty, but look at the Biden administration in the face of the People’s Liberation Army for two days in a row 28 military aircraft to disturb Taiwan, reaffirming the U.S. government’s commitment and commitment to Taiwan, as well as its staff to show a tough attitude towards China to release the message, the future should not be like the “Obama era Biden”.
Former DPP legislator Lin Tuoshui believes that the degree of confidence of the Taiwanese people in the U.S.-Taiwan relationship under Biden’s administration is not too far apart before and after the election, which is reassuring.
The majority of the people in Taiwan are healthy and macroscopic in their outlook, and will not go into parochialism and stick to the ideology,” Lin said. They will not look at the world from a pro-China perspective just because his ideology is pro-China, and see Biden and Trump as two people who are completely opposed to each other, and the same goes for the so-called independents.”
The poll also asks questions about cross-strait relations, international relations and unification and independence tendencies.
Two-thirds disagree with stopping the promotion of Taiwan’s international status to avoid provoking the Chinese Communist Party
The poll asked, “Do some people in Taiwan believe that cross-strait relations are more important than diplomatic relations, and that it would be better for Taiwan to stop all efforts to raise its international status in order to avoid provoking the Chinese Communist Party?” 25.7% agreed and 67.4% disagreed.
As many as 79 percent of the respondents agreed that “in order to enhance Taiwan’s international status and dignity, Taiwan should actively seek to join the United Nations. You Yinglong said, “Seventy-nine percent of people believe that Taiwan should join the United Nations, and this general trend has not changed. President Tsai Ing-wen has never mentioned Taiwan’s membership in the UN until now, but it is the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan that Taiwan should join the UN.”
More than half support Taiwan’s independence is better Only 14% expect cross-strait reunification
Regarding Taiwan people’s inclination towards unification and independence, the poll asked, “There are many debates in the country about Taiwan’s future, some people think ‘cross-strait unification’ is better, while others think ‘Taiwan independence’ is better. What is your opinion? Is it ‘Taiwan independence’ or ‘cross-strait reunification’?”
The results show that 50.2% of Taiwanese surveyed support “Taiwan independence”, 14% expect “cross-strait reunification” and 25% expect the future to “maintain the status quo”.
Pro-green scholars: Tsai Ing-wen is becoming more and more like Ma Ying-jeou, and the mainstream public opinion is antagonistic
You Ying-lung also said that two-thirds of the Taiwanese surveyed agreed that diplomatic relations are more important than cross-strait relations, when Ma Ying-jeou era pursued cross-strait relations above diplomatic relations and took a diplomatic truce, which sparked internal controversy.
You Yinglong said, “Taiwan’s mainstream public opinion is the hope for future independence, not the future forever maintaining the status quo or cross-strait reunification, Taiwanese do not agree that cross-strait relations are more important than diplomatic relations, but from the actual Tsai government’s actions, increasingly closer to the Ma Ying-jeou government’s policy approach of cross-strait relations over diplomatic relations.”
The former DPP governor of Tainan, Su Huan-Chi, pointed out that a poll conducted during Ma Ying-jeou’s administration showed that only 30 percent of people supported Taiwan’s independence, but now it has reached more than half of the threshold because the situation in Hong Kong has changed substantially, prompting Taiwanese to support Taiwan’s independence.
Although the DPP has a party platform for independence, less than half of the public think Tsai is pursuing independence
The poll also asked how do you view Tsai’s tendency toward unification and independence? You Yinglong: “46.9% think she is pursuing Taiwan independence, future independence, 43% think she is maintaining the status quo, and 3.1% think she is pursuing cross-strait unification. A relatively small number of people, about forty-six percent or so, think she is for Taiwan independence, while the DPP has a party platform for Taiwan independence and a resolution on the future of Taiwan, which is a very interesting phenomenon.”
On Taiwan people’s divergent views on Tsai’s unification and independence tendencies, Su Huanzhi speculated, “Is it that Tsai wants to present such an intention? Let everyone can different angles, to meet their own interpretation and imagination.”
Lin said that President Tsai’s position on unity and independence has divided people’s views, and I’m afraid it is her consistent policy. “Such a person without a clear political direction can lead a country and have such support, is really blessed president.”
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