The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) released the latest poll results on the 11th, showing that 82.6% of respondents disapprove of the Chinese Communist Party's 'One Country, Two Systems' proposal.
According to Central News Agency reports, the Mainland Affairs Council released the latest poll results. The results show that 82.6% of the public disapprove of the Chinese Communist Party's 'One Country, Two Systems' proposal; 73.1% do not agree with mainland China's assertion that Taiwan can only participate in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) activities under the name 'Chinese Taipei' and under the 'One China Principle'; 76.8% disapprove of the mainland using 'engaging in separatist activities' as grounds to issue arrest warrants for certain Taiwanese individuals.
Poll results also show that 54% of the public support President Lai Ching-te's proposal to invest NT$1.25 trillion in the next eight years to establish an overall defense system known as the 'Shield of Taiwan.'
Additionally, 75.8% of respondents agree that 'the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not subordinate to each other'; 85.1% support the government's policy of 'maintaining the status quo in a broad sense'; 84.4% believe that Taiwan's future should be decided by its 23 million people, reflecting a long-term stable trend.
This survey was commissioned by the Mainland Affairs Council and conducted by National Chengchi University's Election Study Center through telephone interviews with adults over 20 years old in Taiwan from December 4 to 8 this year, with 1,098 valid samples, a 95% confidence level, and a sampling error of plus or minus 2.96%.
The Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that long-term polling shows the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan firmly rejects 'One Country, Two Systems,' and calls on the other side to pragmatically face the reality that the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not subordinate to each other and recognize the Taiwanese people's commitment to freedom and democracy, as well as to resolve differences through communication and dialogue with Taiwan's duly elected legitimate government without preconditions.