Support for unification has fallen to its lowest point in June since 1996, with only 13.6 percent of Taiwanese favoring the position
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/24
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A pollster said on Thursday (Oct. 24) that Taiwanese identity has declined
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (CNA photo)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (CNA photo)
Yu Ying-lung (游盈隆), Chairman of the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF), said that Taiwan is praised around the world for two achievements: economic development, and the establishment of democracy. These two achievements are often referred to as “miracles” but there is a third and less noted Taiwan miracle, which is “the miracle of Taiwanese identity,” Yu was quoted by the news outlet as saying.
He elaborated by saying Taiwanese identity has peacefully replaced Chinese identity just two decades after the lifting of martial law in 1987. This is the first time a sense of Taiwanese identity has arisen in 400 years of Taiwan history. [FULL STORY]
