Majority of Taiwanese willing to ‘resist at all costs’ in China invasion without US help: surveyBy Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNAAround 60 percent of Taiwanese would be willing to resist “at all costs” if China attacks Taiwan and the US does not deploy its military to help, according to Academia Sinica’s Institute of European and American Studies’ “American Portrait” survey. The survey showed that 58.7 percent of respondents would be willing to resist Chinese invasion “at all costs” even if the US does not deploy any military forces to help Taiwan. Among them, the percentage of respondents who responded “definitely” was 41.2 percent, while those who responded “probably” were 17.5 percent, data showed. However, if the US were to deploy military forces, 56.5 percent would then be willing to “resist at all costs,” the survey showed. Among them, 34.4 percent of respondents would “definitely” resist at all costs, while 22.1 percent responded “probably,” it showed.

Source: Taipei Times March 12, 2026 09:35 UTC