China Times Poll (Possible Ma-Hu Meeting)

China Times Poll

Survey Topic: Possible Ma-Hu Meeting

(August 4, 2009)

1. Some people suggest that President Ma Ying-jeou should meet with CCP’s General-Secretary Hu Jintao for a Ma-Hu meeting. Do you agree?

Yes	47.0%
No	15.9%
No opinion / Don’t know	37.0%

2. When do you think it would be appropriate to hold a Ma-Hu meeting?

2009	29.5%
2010 - 2012	41.7%
After 2012	13.6%
No opinion / Don’t know	15.2%

3. Where do you think would be the appropriate place to hold a Ma-Hu meeting?

Taiwan	30.4%
Mainland China	5.3%
Hong Kong	34.7%
Any third place	19.6%
No opinion / Don’t know	15.2%

4. Do you know that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are planning to negotiate and sign an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)?

Yes	57.8%
No	42.2%

5. Do you know the contents of the cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)?

Yes, I am quite familiar	1.6%
Yes, somewhat	35.0%
No, not so much	46.6%
No, not at all	16.7%

6. Will negotiating and signing a cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) have a positive or negative impatct on Taiwan’s overall development? What do you think?

Positive impact	48.2%
Negative impact	23.5%
About the same	5.1%
No opinion / Don’t know	23.3%

7. Overall, do you support negotiating and signing a cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)?

Yes	51.7%
No	25.0%
No opinion / Don’t know	23.3%

8. When do you think the appropriate time to negotiate and sign a cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is?

2009	45.4%
2010 - 2012	38.4%
After 2012	6.1%
No opinion / Don’t know	10.1%

Note: This poll was conducted on July 31 with 816 people over 20 years of age surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.5 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: China Times

http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,50201368+112009080400161,00.html

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