Taiwan

===Domestic opinion===
{{See also|Taiwan independence movement|Chinese unification}}

Domestic public opinion has preferred maintaining the status quo, though pro-independence sentiment has steadily risen since 1994. In June 2021, an annual poll found that 28.2 percent supported the status quo and postponing a decision, 27.5 percent supported maintaining the status quo indefinitely, 25.8 percent supported the status quo with a move toward independence, 5.9 percent supported the status quo with a move toward unification, 5.7 percent gave no response, 5.6 percent supported independence as soon as possible, and 1.5 percent supported unification as soon as possible.<ref name="chengchiIndepUnif">{{cite web |title=Taiwan Independence vs. Unification with the Mainland |url=https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963 |publisher=Election Study Center, [[National Chengchi University]] |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> A [[2018 Taiwanese referendum|referendum question in 2018]] asked if Taiwan's athletes should compete under "Taiwan" in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] but did not pass; the ''New York Times'' attributed the failure to a campaign cautioning that a name change might lead to Taiwan being banned "under Chinese pressure".<ref name="HortonNYT2018">{{Cite news|last=Horton|first=Chris|date=26 November 2018|title=Taiwan Asked Voters 10 Questions. It Got Some Unexpected Answers. (Published 2018)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/world/asia/taiwan-election.html}}</ref>

The KMT, the largest [[Pan-Blue Coalition|Pan-Blue]] party, supports the status quo for the indefinite future with a stated ultimate goal of unification. However, it does not support unification in the short term with the PRC as such a prospect would be unacceptable to most of its members and the public.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Devlin |first1=Kat |last2=Huang |first2=Christine |date=12 May 2020 |title=In Taiwan, Views of Mainland China Mostly Negative |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/05/12/in-taiwan-views-of-mainland-china-mostly-negative/ |access-date=5 August 2022 |website=Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ma Ying-jeou]], chairman of the KMT and former president of the ROC, has set out democracy, economic development to a level near that of Taiwan, and equitable wealth distribution as the conditions that the PRC must fulfill for unification to occur.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national%20news/2008/05/16/156644/Unification-with.htm|title=Unification with China unlikely 'in our lifetimes': president-elect|last=Enav|first=Peter |date=16 May 2008|newspaper=China Post|access-date=13 June 2009|quote='It is very difficult for us to see any unification talks even in our lifetimes,' Ma said. 'Taiwanese people would like to have economic interactions with the mainland, but obviously they don't believe their political system is suitable for Taiwan.'}}</ref> Ma stated that the cross-Strait relations are neither between two Chinas nor two states. It is a special relationship. Further, he stated that the sovereignty issues between the two cannot be resolved at present.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/oem/notas/n836891.htm|title=Impulsa Taiwan la reconciliación|date=2 September 2008|newspaper=El Sol de México|language=es|access-date=9 June 2009|quote=Esencialmente, no definiríamos la relación a través del estrecho de Taiwan como una relación de dos países o dos Chinas, porque nuestra Constitución no lo permite. Nosotros definiríamos está relación como una relación muy especial, ya que la Constitución nuestra, igual que la Constitución de China continental, no permite la existencia de otro país dentro del territorio.|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092648/http://www.oem.com.mx/oem/notas/n836891.htm}}</ref>

The Democratic Progressive Party, the largest Pan-Green party, officially seeks independence, but in practice also supports the status quo because neither independence nor unification seems likely in the short or even medium term.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |title=Taiwan Flashpoint: Independence debate |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/asia_pac/04/taiwan_flashpoint/html/independence_debate.stm |year=2009 |quote=Since neither outcome looks likely in the short or even medium term, it is perhaps not surprising that opinion polls suggest most Taiwanese people want things to stay as they are, with the island's ambiguous status unresolved.}}</ref> In 2017, Taiwanese premier [[William Lai]] said that he was a "political worker who advocates Taiwan independence", but that as Taiwan was already an independent country called the Republic of China,<ref name="cha21" /><ref name="bbc21" /><ref name="srf21" /><ref name="gra21">{{cite news |title=For China's Xi Jinping, attacking Taiwan is about identity – that's what makes it so dangerous |first=Stan |last=Grant |author-link=Stan Grant (journalist) |date=10 October 2021 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-10/china-xi-jinping-attacking-taiwan-about-identity-so-dangerous/100524868 |access-date=10 October 2021 }}</ref><ref name="dpa21-10">{{cite news |title=China: Manöver sollen Druck auf Taiwan und USA verstärken |trans-title=China: Maneuvers intended to increase pressure on Taiwan and the USA |author=dpa |author-link=Deutsche Presse-Agentur |date=13 October 2021 |language=de |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/konflikte-china-manoever-sollen-druck-auf-taiwan-und-usa-verstaerken-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-211013-99-578083 |quote=Ohnehin versteht sich Taiwan längst selbst als unabhängig. |trans-quote=In any case, Taiwan has long seen itself as independent. }}</ref> it had no need to declare independence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/china/taiwanese-premiers-independence-stance-incurs-beijings-wrath |title=Taiwanese premier's independence stance incurs Beijing's wrath |publisher=TODAYonline |date=28 September 2017 |access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref>