Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and Understanding
Through an empirical comparative analysis, we found that people in mainland China and Taiwan demonstrate strong similarities in their support for democracy, based on democratic suitability, efficiency, preference, and priority. There are also differences in beliefs about democratic values. Compared...
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| description | Through an empirical comparative analysis, we found that people in mainland China and Taiwan demonstrate strong similarities in their support for democracy, based on democratic suitability, efficiency, preference, and priority. There are also differences in beliefs about democratic values. Compared to people in mainland China, the Taiwanese have a deeper and more widely shared belief in the principles of participation and pluralism, while the differences between their beliefs in the principles of equality, freedom, and checks and balances are narrow. Furthermore, people in mainland China and Taiwan have a strong similarity in their understanding of democracy, that is, they all present a mixed democratic understanding based on substantive bias. Overall, although the differences between mainland China and Taiwan’s democratic practices are reflected in the level of value identification from the perspective of democratic support and democratic understanding, the popular democratic political culture in mainland China and Taiwan still has a relatively broad consensus. Thus, the integration and development of cross-strait relations not only has an increasingly profound social and economic foundation but also considerable consensus and mass support on the political and cultural level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cbe20f3dd0034ccf9483cc5c8a2f40f52025-08-20T03:45:23ZengANPOR KoreaAsian Journal for Public Opinion Research2288-61682021-02-019110.15206/ajpor.2021.9.1.3Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and UnderstandingHsin-Che WuLong XiaoThrough an empirical comparative analysis, we found that people in mainland China and Taiwan demonstrate strong similarities in their support for democracy, based on democratic suitability, efficiency, preference, and priority. There are also differences in beliefs about democratic values. Compared to people in mainland China, the Taiwanese have a deeper and more widely shared belief in the principles of participation and pluralism, while the differences between their beliefs in the principles of equality, freedom, and checks and balances are narrow. Furthermore, people in mainland China and Taiwan have a strong similarity in their understanding of democracy, that is, they all present a mixed democratic understanding based on substantive bias. Overall, although the differences between mainland China and Taiwan’s democratic practices are reflected in the level of value identification from the perspective of democratic support and democratic understanding, the popular democratic political culture in mainland China and Taiwan still has a relatively broad consensus. Thus, the integration and development of cross-strait relations not only has an increasingly profound social and economic foundation but also considerable consensus and mass support on the political and cultural level.https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2021.9.1.3 |
| spellingShingle | Hsin-Che Wu Long Xiao Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and Understanding Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research |
| title | Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and Understanding |
| title_full | Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and Understanding |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and Understanding |
| title_short | Comparison of the Democratic Concepts of the People in Mainland China and Taiwan: Support and Understanding |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2021.9.1.3 |
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