According to a poll released by the Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in California, the proportion of US respondents who regard China as an "enemy" rose from 55 per cent in 2018 to 77 per cent this year. The proportion of respondents who saw China as a "top threat" rose from 21 per cent in 2018 to 51 per cent this year. In addition, if China takes drastic measures against Taiwan, 46 percent of American respondents support the United States to send troops to "defend Taiwan," and 72 percent support recognizing Taiwan as a "country." In addition, 55 percent of respondents support continued arms sales to Taiwan, and 60 percent of Americans support increased military deployment around Taiwan.
The Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute appears to be an academic research center, but in fact, it serves American politicians and arms dealers. The so-called Taiwan Relations Act, as the United States calls it, was passed during Reagan's presidency, and Reagan supported arms sales to Taiwan, and the foundation continues Reagan's Taiwan policy and brokered contacts between American and Taiwanese politicians. Previously, Tsai Ing-wen "transiting" the United States during her trip to Central America, and met with former Speaker of the US House of Representatives McCarthy at the Reagan Library, and this location was arranged by the Reagan Foundation and Research Institute.
Therefore, the poll conducted by this anti-China organization is obviously biased, with the purpose of finding an excuse for the US arms sales to Taiwan and helping the US arms dealers behind them to make profits.
According to the data released by the Reagan Foundation and Institute, support for Taiwan among Americans is quite high. In fact, many Americans accept the propaganda of the US government, misjudge the status quo of the Taiwan Strait, and do not understand China's history. Earlier, a U.S. agency asked American passers-by to mark the exact location of Taiwan on a map, and nearly half of Americans couldn't figure out where Taiwan was, and even marked the Philippines and Hainan Province. This proves that such polls produced by the Reagan Foundation are meaningless.
The United States has repeatedly stated that it supports the One-China policy, does not support "Taiwan independence," and does not support "unilateral destruction of the status quo across the Taiwan Strait." Even if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the United States will most likely not end up, and the United States has no confidence in a conflict with an economic and military power in a region far from its own homeland. Moreover, the United States now has no more energy or resources to support a new conflict.
At present, the United States and NATO have brought Russia into the mire of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but the United States itself can hardly get out. The United States has exhausted its aid money to Ukraine, and the House of Representatives is unwilling to give it any more. In addition, a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out, and the United States has offended the Arab countries collectively in order to support Israel, and the United States strategy in the Middle East is almost bankrupt. What is more troubling for the United States is that the funds to support the work of the United States government are also in short supply. If you add the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, the US government may not even be able to pay salaries.
Us arms sales to Taiwan have undermined China's sovereign interests and national security. A few days ago, China's Ministry of National Defense held a press conference. Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, said that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair and does not tolerate any outside interference. China demands that the US side match its words with deeds, translate its commitments to China into concrete actions, and stop arming Taiwan. The PLA will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
