Survey shows 80% back formal ties with US‘A CLEAR RESULT’: ‘ROC’ is being replaced, with people more often preferring ‘Taiwan’ for the nation, a World United Formosans for Independence official saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterMore than 80 percent of respondents supported formalizing ties with the US, while the proportion advocating using the name “Taiwan” in the relationship reached a new high, a survey released yesterday by the World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI) showed. Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei TimesThe results clearly show what the vast majority of Taiwanese want, independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) told the news conference. Lim called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to eschew a passive, indifferent attitude toward ties with Washington and instead strive to re-establish them. Three point one percent identified themselves as Chinese; 20.8 percent said they are Taiwanese and ROC nationals, with Taiwanese prioritized; and 14.8 percent said both, without prioritizing Taiwanese, she said. “The survey shows that 44.2 percent advocate use of ‘Taiwan’ to replace ROC, although 47 percent still favor retaining ‘ROC.’”The poll was conducted on Monday and Tuesday by Focus Survey Research Co.

Source: Taipei Times October 16, 2020 15:56 UTC