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Measuring Taiwanese public opinion on Taiwanese independence

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Hsieh, JFS; Niou, EMS
Published in: China Quarterly
March 1, 2005

Whether there will be a war between China and Taiwan depends very much upon whether Taiwan will declare independence. And given that Taiwan is a democracy now, public opinion on the issue will certainly affect the political leaders' decision to move one way or the other. Since the early 1990s, several competing methods have been used in surveys to study Taiwanese attitudes on the independence-unification issue. The existence of a large percentage of respondents with conditional preferences makes us realize that the traditional six-point or 11-point scale measures of preferences oversimplify the situation. In this article, we construct a new measure of preferences and show that it clearly outperforms the traditional methods. © The China Quartery, 2005.

Duke Scholars

Published In

China Quarterly

ISSN

0305-7410

Publication Date

March 1, 2005

Issue

181

Start / End Page

158 / 168

Related Subject Headings

  • Cultural Studies
 

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Hsieh, J. F. S., & Niou, E. M. S. (2005). Measuring Taiwanese public opinion on Taiwanese independence. China Quarterly, (181), 158–168.
Hsieh, J. F. S., and E. M. S. Niou. “Measuring Taiwanese public opinion on Taiwanese independence.” China Quarterly, no. 181 (March 1, 2005): 158–68.
Hsieh JFS, Niou EMS. Measuring Taiwanese public opinion on Taiwanese independence. China Quarterly. 2005 Mar 1;(181):158–68.
Hsieh, J. F. S., and E. M. S. Niou. “Measuring Taiwanese public opinion on Taiwanese independence.” China Quarterly, no. 181, Mar. 2005, pp. 158–68.
Hsieh JFS, Niou EMS. Measuring Taiwanese public opinion on Taiwanese independence. China Quarterly. 2005 Mar 1;(181):158–168.
Journal cover image

Published In

China Quarterly

ISSN

0305-7410

Publication Date

March 1, 2005

Issue

181

Start / End Page

158 / 168

Related Subject Headings

  • Cultural Studies