Radio Free Asia
Date: 2019-12-20
Han Kuo-yu, the KMT’s Taiwan 2020 presidential election candidate, speaks to the press after his first televised policy address in Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 18, 2019.
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The Global Views Research annual public opinion survey said its findings marked a sharp fall in support for the KMT, which favors ever-closer ties with neighboring China, since last year.
It said the violent suppression of Hong Kong's anti-government protests had sparked growing fears for Taiwan's national security and democracy, although an internal power struggle in the party had contributed.
Currently, only 4.5 percent of Taiwanese support the idea of "unification" with China, something that Chinese President Xi Jinping has said must happen eventually, by force if necessary.
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