Important survey?

Question

What you think about TAIWAN ? Is it a part of China , or a independent country ? Most people outside china thinks that its not a independent country as its their part of mainland.

What you think of taiwan .?

Answer 1

To Taiwan it is an independent nation; to China, Taiwan is a rebellious province striving to secede or break away from China.
Please see enclosed links below; two excellent articles discussing Taiwan and its struggle for independence.

My opinion: it should be allowed to vote on total and complete independence, however, Taiwan IS officially a province of China.

CHINA: NO INDEPENDENCE FOR TAIWAN (CNN)
Saturday, March 5, 2005 Posted: 4:44 AM EST (0944 GMT)

BEIJING, China -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing by saying a planned anti-secession law would never permit independence for Taiwan.

Addressing the gathering of almost 3,000 delegates in the vast Great Hall of the People on Saturday, Wen said the law reflects the "strong determination of the Chinese people to ... never allow secessionist forces working for `Taiwan independence' to separate Taiwan from China."

But in his two-hour speech Wen gave few details of a law that could provide a legal basis for an attack on the island.

China has considered Taiwan a renegade province since communist forces drove nationalists from the mainland in 1949, and has repeatedly threatened to use military power against the island if it declares independence.

At the start of the 10-day meeting, Wen also mentioned efforts to rein in the country's red-hot economy, as well as the need to maintain social stability in China.

The NPC is the highest organ of state power in China and meets to approve major new policy directions, laws, the budget, and major personnel changes.

Although the congress is widely considered to be a "rubber stamp" for central government policy, active debate is becoming more common at the sessions, although still tightly controlled.

Cross Strait tensions
Ties have improved between Taipei and Beijing, at least on a commercial level, with special charter flights between the two for recent Lunar New Year holidays.

But the proposed new law is worrying people in Taiwan, where more than 80 percent oppose it, according to an opinion poll conducted by the National Chengchi University in February.

"A dark cloud now overshadows the atmosphere of reconciliation," Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday in a videoconference with European lawmakers and academics.

But analysts are playing down concerns, which will likely be "fairly mild in its wording," according to Kenneth Lieberthal, an expert in China and Taiwan relations.

Another analyst said the proposed law would not be a pretext for invasion.

"Taiwan-China relations will be peaceful for a long time to come," Andy Xie, Chief Economist at Morgan Stanley, told CNN.

Economy
Wen also pledged to keep the world's seventh-largest economy growing but without letting it "overheat" by maintaining "stable and healthy" monetary and fiscal policies.

China, which is trying to overhaul ailing banks and find jobs for millions of workers laid off from state firms, is aiming for slower growth of 8 percent in 2005.

In past years, China has aimed for 7 percent, but usually topped that figure. China's gross domestic product grew 9.5 percent in 2004.

Wen said he would keep a tight grip on economic controls and push ahead with reforms to its yuan currency, fixed at about 8.28 per dollar.

The government is also aiming to close a widening income gap between China's rural hinterland and increasingly affluent coastal cities, which have sparked violent protests.

Wen said all farm taxes will be eliminated next year and promised that by 2007 every Chinese child can receive nine years of schooling -- an extraordinary commitment in a country where incomes per person average just US$1,000 (euro700) a year.

Children from poor families will be exempt from most fees and receive free textbooks, the premier said, although he didn't make clear whether they will still have to pay tuition.

"Solving the problems facing agriculture, rural areas and farmers remains a top priority of our work," Wen said, according to the Associated Press.

The session will also see power consolidated for China's new generation of leaders, headed by Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Former President Jiang Zemin will give up his last post as chairman of the State Central Military Commission.

The move is a largely symbolic gesture, as Jiang already stepped down from a more powerful military position in September.

The session also coincides with reports that Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa plans to resign.

Hong Kong newspapers reported this week the deeply unpopular leader was likely to cite ill health as a reason for quitting.

Answer 2

What I think about it matters a lot less than what they think about it, and what they obviously think is that they are a semi-separate part of the Chinese nation operating under local government that is different (somewhat) from the mainland government.
The mainland Chinese tolerate this, but also regard Taiwan as a break-away province that will one day be part of the rest of China once more.
Me? I think they are corrupt, untrustworthy, duplicitous fiends, just like the mainland Chinese. I think that they and their ilk represent the greatest threat to the free world on the planet today.
Since you asked, and all.

Answer 3

an independent country.

the taiwanese do not consider themselves to be citizens of the country that is on the land mass of Asia.

they do not *want* to be part of that country. they, or previous generations did, left mainland China and no one wants to go back.

Answer 4

It should be its own independent country and China should allow this.

Answer 5

I always thought it was a separate country, but that it was OWNED by China. That the people who live there have their own culture and consider themselves as Taiwanese, not Chinese. Kindof like Puerto Rico is separate from the United States, but we technically own them.

Answer 6

It is an independent country and will remain so under the protection of the United States via treaty agreements.

Chow!!