Taipei Times
Date: May 26, 2019
By: William Hetherington / Staff writer, with CNA
Most Taiwanese see Taiwan and China as distinct nations, despite cultural similarities, a
National Chengchi University Election Study Center researcher Cheng Su-feng, left, at a news conference at the university yesterday presents the results of a study that showed that a majority of Taiwanese see Taiwan and China as distinct countries. Photo: CNA
study released yesterday by National Chengchi University’s Election Study Center showed.
Center researcher Cheng Su-feng (鄭夙芬) revealed the results on the first day of a two-day academic symposium in Taipei on Taiwan’s democratization and free elections. It also marked the center’s 30th anniversary.
The study on the national identity of Taiwanese, which involved interviews conducted between 2000 and 2016, has found that while most people considered China to be the source of much of Taiwan’s culture, they considered China to be a separate country, Cheng said.
The research showed that while a collective identity had not yet taken shape in the nation, Taiwanese largely saw Taiwan as a country, she said. [FULL STORY]
