I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Taiwan is democratic.
We must unify Taiwan; we cannot afford to have our society being divided in half.
Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.
And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.
Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.
The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan.
The election is over, and even though there are people who have different ideologies and beliefs, from now on we must all embrace each other, creating a harmonious and unified new Taiwan through our love and tolerance.
Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.
Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.
Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.