‘BORN DEMOCRATIC’: Only 2.4 percent of respondents to a survey said Taiwan should declare independence, while 1.5 percent said that Taiwan should unify with China
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 20, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Nearly 70 percent of Taiwanese are willing to go to war if China were to attempt to
Tanks open fire on May 25 last year at the 33rd Han Kuang military exercises in Penghu. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
annex Taiwan by force, a survey released by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy yesterday said.
The foundation considers it a fitting time to pose the question as the Chinese military has over the past few years been increasing activity near Taiwan, foundation president Hsu Szu-chien (徐斯儉) told a news conference in Taipei.
A total of 67.7 percent of respondents said they were willing to go to war to defend Taiwan if China launched an armed assault on the nation to force unification.
The number of people willing to fight to prevent unification with China rose to 70.3 percent among respondents aged 20 to 39, the survey showed. [FULL STORY]
