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The latest survey by the Mainland Affairs Council shows that the majority of Taiwanese support maintaining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and strengthening defense, and 52.3% believe that the Chinese Communist Party is the main reason for destroying peace in the Taiwan Strait and oppose peaceful reunification and one country, two systems.
Liang Wenjie, vice chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, announced the latest cross-strait issues at a press conference today (22nd).voting The results show that 52.3% people think soCommunist Party of China Destroying peace in the Taiwan Strait. In response to media inquiries, which revealed the proportion had increased by about 5 percentage points from a May survey, Liang Wenjie said that over the past five months, Chinese Communist Party coast guard vessels, scientific research vessels and militia ships have increased their activities in waters east of Taiwan. With the recent series of cross-border repression cases, people have felt this in their hearts.
According to a press release issued by the Mainland Affairs Council on the afternoon of the 22nd, the Mainland Affairs Council announced the election results. The survey showed that Taiwanese people support the government’s cross-strait policy stance, strengthening self-defense and combating cross-border repression. They firmly oppose the Chinese Communist Party’s political proposal of “peaceful reunification and one country, two systems.”
The Mainland Affairs Council said that surveys showed that 92% of people supported the idea that “Taiwan’s future should be jointly decided by the 23 million people”; 86.5% supported that “the most important thing for Taiwan now is to maintain the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait”; 78.8% agreed that “the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China are not affiliated with each other”; 80.6% supported the government increasing the defense budget and strengthening self-defense; 80.2% supported the government to amend laws to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from committing illegal crimes in Taiwan through foreigners.
The Mainland Affairs Council reported that 52.3% of people believe that the CCP is destroying peace in the Taiwan Strait; 88.3% of people do not agree to accept “peaceful reunification and one country, two systems” and it does not matter if they lose freedom and democracy; And 49.3% believe that the implementation of the CCP’s new immigration management rules may lead to restrictions on parties’ exit from the country and will affect their willingness to visit China.
The Mainland Affairs Council stressed that the majority of people do not accept the “peaceful reunification” ruled by the Chinese Communist Party and the “one country, two systems” that is losing freedom and democracy, and opposes the Chinese Communist Party’s actions to undermine peace in the Taiwan Strait. It calls on Chinese Communist Party officials to pragmatically confront mainstream public opinion in Taiwan and the objective fact that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are not subservient to each other, stop coercing and pressuring Taiwan, and resolve differences with our democratically elected legitimate government through unconditional communication and negotiation under the principles of reciprocity and dignity, and take the common responsibility for maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait and the region.
The survey was commissioned by the Mainland Affairs Council of the People’s Republic of China and conducted by Ipsos Market Research Company. It conducted telephone interviews with adults aged 20 and older in Taiwan from October 15 to 17 and 19, 2015. There were 1,073 valid samples with a reliability level of 95% and a sampling error of ±2.99%.
The media asked at the press conference that in a survey in May this year, 47% of the public believed that the CCP was destroying peace in the Taiwan Strait. In October this year, it increased by about 5% to 52.3%. What factors are responsible for this 5% growth in the last five months?
Liang Wenjie responded that there are some obvious things in the past five months. “The Chinese Communist Party has dispatched many coast guard ships, scientific research ships, militia ships, etc. to the waters east of Taiwan,” and these cases have increased.
Liang Wenjie said that recently a series of cases related to so-called cross-border repression have emerged. “This will also make everyone realize who is destroying the peace, and I think people will feel it in their hearts.” So, an increase of about 5% over the last five months, “I think that’s pretty reasonable.”
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The survey showed that 52.3% of respondents believe the CCP is destroying peace in the Taiwan Strait, an increase of about 5 percentage points from the May survey, indicating that recent relevant events have influenced people’s feelings about the cross-Strait situation.
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The results show that the public generally supports the government in maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, increasing the defense budget, strengthening self-defense, and also supports amending laws to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from committing crimes in Taiwan through foreigners.
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Liang Wenjie said that in the past five months, the activities of CCP coast guard ships, scientific research ships, and militia ships in the waters east of Taiwan have increased, as well as recent frequent cases of cross-border repression, making people more sensitive to feeling pressure.
