MANY DOUBTS: This month’s survey by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation was conducted last week, ahead of the PLA’s live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 24, 2018
By:Staff writer, with CNA
The majority of Taiwanese do not think that China’s People’s Liberation Army
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation chairman You Ying-lung yesterday discusses the result of the foundation’s latest monthly opinion survey at a news conference in Taipei. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
(PLA) would invade Taiwan, a poll showed yesterday, with only 25.7 percent thinking such a scenario was likely.
The Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation’s latest monthly survey found that 64.5 percent of respondents do not think such an attack is very likely.
Asked if the US was likely to send troops to help defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack, 47.4 percent of respondents said they were confident of such support, but 41 percent said they had doubts.
However, only 27.1 percent think the nation’s military would be able to repel any a PLA invasion, while 65.4 percent said they were not confident.
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