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China urged not to block Taiwan's international participation bids

ROC Central News Agency

2016/08/19 22:05:48

Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) A diplomacy scholar on Friday urged China not to pressure international organizations into rejecting Taiwan's participation, citing the results of a survey that showed China will lose favor with the Taiwanese people if it continues to.

Huang Kwei-bo (黃奎博), an associate professor in the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, made the comment Friday during the release of the survey that was commissioned by the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR), a civil group dedicated to the promotion of Taiwan's foreign and cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

According to the poll, 38.2 percent of Taiwanese, mostly from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led "pan green camp," think that the international community generally supports Taiwan's efforts to join major international organizations.

Meanwhile, 40.4 percent of Taiwanese hold an opposing view, and most of those who do are from the "pan blue alliance," which is led by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and advocates closer ties with mainland China, the poll showed.

Huang, who is also secretary-general of the AFR, said China is most likely the key factor that shapes the Taiwanese people's perceptions of the international community's attitude toward Taiwan's efforts to join international organizations.

He said pan-blue supporters may think that the international community is not in favor of Taiwan's participation in international organizations, while the pan greens may think otherwise, but they are both of the view that China's suppression is the main reason why Taiwan cannot join such organizations.

In particular, Taiwan is facing a challenge as it seeks to gain participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Huang said.

He said Beijing should consider whether it wants to continue along its path of blocking Taiwan's efforts, which would lead to China eventually losing favor with the Taiwanese people.

The survey was conducted via telephone by Taiwan Real Survey Co. June 27-30 among people aged 20 and over in Taiwan proper and the Penghu Islands.

It collected 1,140 valid samples and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

(By Chen Chia-lun and Elizabeth Hsu)
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