Views on Current Cross-Strait Relations (October 2, 2009)

Views on Current Cross-Strait Relations

(October 2, 2009)

Survey conducted by Mainland Affairs Council (MAC)

1.      Views on easing policies on Mainland spouses

(1) Do you agree that legal Mainland spouses should have the right to work?

Yes	77.1%
No	17.8%
Don’t know / No opinion	5.1%

(2) Do you support the government’s decision to shorten the time required for Mainland spouses to obtain an ROC identity card from 8 to 6 years?

Yes	66.3%
No	23.1%
Don’t know / No opinion	10.6%

2.      Views on cross-Strait negotiations

(1) Do you want the 4^th Chiang-Chen Meeting to be held in Taiwan before the end of the year?

Yes	60.9%
No	22.6%
Don’t know / No opinion	16.9%

(2) Do you support the push for signing a cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)?

Yes	54.8%
No	26.3%
Don’t know / No opinion	18.9%

3.      Views on expanding Taiwan’s international space

(1) Do you think that cross-Strait reconciliation is helpful in expanding Taiwan’s international space?

Yes	60.0%
No	32.0%
Don’t know / No opinion	8.0%

(2) Do you support the government’s decision to make participation in UN specialized agencies its priority?

Yes	75.5%
No	11.7%
Don’t know / No opinion	6.8%

4.      Views on overall cross-Strait relations

Do you think that cross-Strait relations are more reconciliatory, more hostile, or about the same compared with the past year?

More reconciliatory	54.4%
More hostile	10.6%
About the same	30.1%
Don’t know / No opinion	4.9%

5.      Views on the speed of cross-Strait exchanges

Do you think that the speed of cross-Strait civil exchanges is too fast, too slow, or just right?

Too fast	33.1%
Too slow	12.4%
Just right	44.7%
Don’t know / No opinion	9.8%

6.      Views on reunification / independence stance

Maintaining status quo	87%
	Maintaining the status quo and choose independence or reunification later	35.4%
	Maintaining the status quo forever	28.0%

7.      Views on the PRC government’s attitude towards Taiwan

(1) Do you think that the PRC government is friendly or unfriendly towards our government?

Friendly	37.0%
Unfriendly	45.1%
Don’t know / No opinion	17.9%

(2) Do you think that the PRC government is friendly or unfriendly towards the people on Taiwan?

Friendly	44.7%
Unfriendly	38.7%
Don’t know / No opinion	16.6%

Note: The latest poll was conducted from September 24 to 26 with 1,091 people surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 2.96 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: Mainland Affairs Council (MAC)

http://www.mac.gov.tw/big5/mlpolicy/pos/9809/980930_1.pdf

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