TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Nearly 76% of Taiwanese surveyed in My Formosa’s (美麗島電子報) recent poll believe that under the current status quo of cross-strait relations, Taiwan is already independent.
In order to better understand the public’s perception of Taiwan’s political status and maintenance of the status quo, the January edition of My Formosa’s poll asked the public to choose between the notion that Taiwan is not truly independent until the country’s name is changed to the “Republic of Taiwan” and the belief that Taiwan is already a sovereign, independent country under the current status quo of China-Taiwan relations.
According to the survey results, 75.9% of respondents believe that maintaining the status quo already equates to independence (de facto independence) and therefore there is no need to change the country’s name in the constitution. A minority of 14.4% of respondents believe that only through amending the constitution can Taiwan truly enjoy independence (de jure independence)…
