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Taipei, Feb. 25 (CNA) A relative majority of Taiwan respondents value ties with the U.S. more than cross-Taiwan Strait relations, while more than two-thirds believe that China "poses a serious threat" to Taiwan, according to a survey released by a local organization on Saturday.
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More than half of the adults in Taiwan would be willing to take up arms if China were to invade, a survey conducted by the Association of Chinese Elite Leadership said on Friday.
According to the survey, 61.4 percent of respondents said they would be willing to take up arms to defend Taiwan if China attacked, while 25.1 percent said they would not.
Taiwan Society of International Law deputy secretary-general Lin Ting-hui (林廷輝), a former National Security Council assistant researcher, told a news conference that 61.4 percent was high, citing an earlier foreign survey in which support for fighting invaders was lower
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