Nearly 60 percent of Taiwan's residents do not believe the United States would go to war to defend Taiwan.

The Straits Times of Singapore reported today (April 21): "A public opinion survey conducted by a Taiwanese civilian think tank shows that nearly 60% of the population do not believe the United States would protect Taiwan if war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait."

[Clever] A few remarks: There remains 40% of Taiwan's populace who believe the U.S. would sacrifice lives for Taiwan. However, this actually aligns with Lai Qingde's popularity. These 40% "pro-American" supporters essentially inhabit the same cognitive echo chamber as Lai Qingde—betting the lives and livelihoods of island residents on distant geopolitical games across oceans. The U.S. has always calculated solely in terms of interests; the Taiwan Strait is merely a pawn in its strategy to contain China, never a cause worth risking its own security. Countless past geopolitical confrontations have already proven this. Yet these stubborn 40% still live in the fantasy script of "resisting China to protect Taiwan," willingly serving as expendable materials for America's "Indo-Pacific Strategy." This naivety is precisely the biggest powder keg in the Taiwan Strait.

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