PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
"SPECIAL STATE-TO-STATE RELATIONSHIP"
President Lee Tenghui's Remarks July 9, 1999
Fourteen Public Opinion Surveys September,1999

Date
(EffectiveSamples)		 Agency Questions Percentage
(%)
July 10-11,1999
(1012)		 United Daily News Poll Center Some argue that "Taiwan and the Mainland are of a special state-to-state relationship". Do you agree with it?
Agree48.9%
Disagree29.6%
No comment21.6%
July 12, 1999
(814)		 TVBS Poll Center In an interview with German media, President Lee said that "the cross-strait relation is a special state-to-state relation." Do you agree the relation between Taiwan and the Mainland is a special state-to-state relation?
Agree56.1%
Disagree22%
No idea21.9%
July 1999
(some 800)		 KMT Institute on Policy Research and Development Views on President Lee's "state-to-state relationship."
Agree very much32.3%
Agree28.6%
Agree not much18.8%
Disagree7.8%
Agree60.9%
Disagree26.6%
July 14-15, 1999
(1029)		 Shan Shui Poll Survey Co. (trusted by Global Television and the Journalist) Views on state-to-state relationship.
Agree43%
Disagree18%
No idea20%
July 15, 1999
(843)		 United Daily News Poll Center Recently some argue that "the relation between Taiwan and the Mainland is a kind of special state-to-state relation." Do you agree with it or not?
Agree45.9%
Disagree26.5%
No comment27.6%
July 14-15, 1999
(1103)		 Trendgo Survey Research Center (trusted by Chinese Association for Eurasian Studies) President Lee believes that "the cross-strait relation is a special state-to-state relation." Do you agree with it?
Agree very much34.2%
Agree39.1%
Agree not much11%
Disagree6.3%
No idea9.4%
Agree73.3%
Disagree17.3%
No idea9.4%
July 16-17, 1999
(1009)		 Opinion Poll Foundation (trusted by Legislator Cheng Lung-shui's) Views on President Lee's statement that "cross-strait relation is a special state-to-state relation."
Agree55.2%
Disagree23.4%
July 17-18, 1999
(1376)		 KMT Central Policy Committee Views on President Lee's "special state-to-state relation"
Agree57.3%
Disagree27.5%
July 19-20, 1999
(587 enterprise managers)		 Business Weekly In an interview with German media, President Lee said that "the cross-strait relation is a special state-to-state relation." Do you agree with it?
Agree78.4%
Disagree15.3%
No comment6.3%
July 23-24, 1999
(995)		 United Daily New Poll Center Recently some argue that "Taiwan and the Mainland are of a special state-to-state relationship." Do you agree with it?
Agree55.8%
Disagree24.1%
No comment20.1%
August 5, 1999
(elite in businesses)		 Far Eastern Economic Review and CNBC Asia Views on President Lee's "special state-to-state relationship".
Note: The respondents of this survey are 10 elite from business sector of 10 Asian countries. The survey shows that President Lee's statement obtains 61% of support rate from the respondents; and as high as 81.8% of the business elite from Taiwan support President Lee's statement.
Agree81.8%
Disagree13.6%
No Comment4.6%
August 5-6, 1999
(1130)		 Shan Shui Poll Survey Co. (trusted by Global Television and the Journalist) Views on state-to-state relationship.
Agree54.7%
Disagree24.5%
August 27-31, 1999
(1067)		 China Credit Information Service, Ltd. (trusted by Mainland Affairs Council) Views on Taiwan and the Mainland are of a special state-to-state relationship." Do you agree with it?
Agree65.5%
Disagree24.8%
No comment9.7%
September 14-15, 1999
(1065)		 United Daily New Poll Center Recently some argue that "Taiwan and the Mainland are of a special state-to-state relationship." Do you agree with it?
Agree54.0%
Disagree23.6%
No comment22.5%

September, 1999
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