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Mainland Chinese favour diplomacy to achieve Taiwan reunification with caveats: survey

South China Morning Post5 October 2026, 21:14 UTCUnited States of America

Mainland Chinese prefer coercion over military force to settle the “reunification question” with Taiwan, and their opinion of the US remains low, although they favour engaging with Washington on trade and security. These are the results from the latest survey of mainland citizens, conducted between April 16 and June 26. This straddled the first summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing but came before the second one in Washington last month. “The...

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