78% proud to be Taiwanese as opposed to Chinese, 66% reject future unification with China

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/26
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) are performing well in opinion polling due to the government’s handling of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, while the campaign to remove Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has been gaining ground, reports said Tuesday (May 26).

The Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF) found that 71 percent approve of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) handling of national affairs, 69 percent have faith in the DPP government, and 55 percent are satisfied with the government’s financial relief measures during the pandemic, with the proportion of dissatisfied respondents totaling 38 percent.    [FULL  STORY]