Thursday, October 8, 2009

Taiwanese Views on China & cross-strait openess October 2009

CommonWealth Magazine, long a reputable executor of public opinion polls in Taiwan has the results of a new survey on Taiwanese attitudes to China:
  • 70% fear cross-strait exchange may harm Taiwan's sovereignty
  • 60% believe that CCP & KMT will be the biggest cross-strait beneficiaries
  • 60% fear total economic dependence on China
  • 70% feel negative about Chinese Tourists
  • 75% concerned about losing their job to a person in China as cross-strait affairs open up

Here's the graph of results.  Click on the image to make it larger: