Taipei Times
Date: Apr 05, 2018
By: Nadia Tsao and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON, with staff writer
The nation’s youth have a strong Taiwanese identity and favor a pragmatic policy
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy president Hsu Szu-chien speaks at a Global Taiwan Institute conference in Washington yesterday. Photo: Nadia Tsao, Taipei Times
approach toward China, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy president Hsu Szu-chien (徐斯儉) said yesterday.
There is little evidence that Taiwanese youth are highly satisfied with President Tsai Ying-wen’s (蔡英文) policy, he said.
Hsu made the remarks at a Global Taiwan Institute conference chaired by its executive director, Russell Hsiao (蕭良其), which International Republican Institute president Daniel Twining and Sunflower movement leader Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) also attended.
Citing a poll by National Chengchi University’s Election Study Center commissioned by the foundation, Hsu said Taiwanese youth have a strong commitment to democratic values and national defense.
While Taiwanese aged 20 to 29 are highly nationalistic in their identification with Taiwan, they are also more strongly committed to maintaining the cross-strait “status quo” than those in other age groups, he said. [FULL STORY]
