28
Table 4: National Identities with Taiwan’s Political Sovereignty, %
National Identity
Taiwanese
Nationalist
Dual Identity
Chinese
Nationalist
1996 Q:
Only Taiwan’s residents have the
rights to decide the future of Taiwan,
no matter it searches for independence
or for unification.
97.2
85
67.3
1999 Q:
China is China, Taiwan is Taiwan.
China has no right to intrude Taiwan’s
pursuit of independence
92.5 85.3 53.3
Source: the data in 1996 is from the 1996 Presidential Election Survey; the data in 1998 is from the
1998 Legislative Yuan Election Survey.
Table 5: National Identities with Chinese Mission of Unification, %
National Identity
Q
: No matter what degree of disparity
between Taiwan and China, these disparities
should be overcome in order to accomplish
Chinese unification.
Taiwanese
Nationalist
Dual Identity
Chinese
Nationalist
1996
15
61.3
86.3
2000
23.8 64
83.1
Source: the data in 1996 is from the 1996 Presidential Election Survey; the data in 2000data is from
the 2000 Presidential Election Survey.