The latest government survey on cross-strait relations showed that more than 70 percent of respondents are worried that expanding the "three small links" will negatively influence Taiwan's control over contagious diseases.
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The study found that 71.8 percent of respondents are concerned about the spread of contagious diseases if the direct links between Taiwan and China were to be expanded by increasing the number of people moving from one country to the other or by opening more ports of entry to Chinese visitors as the pan-blue camp has suggested .
The survey also showed that while 52.3 percent of respondents are in favor of the expansion of the three small links, 50.1 percent thought that the expansion of the policy would have a negative impact on national security.
On the issue of China's top Taiwan affairs policymaker Chen Yunlin's (陳雲林) application to visit Taiwan, 67.9 percent of respondents said that Beijing should negotiate with Taiwan about Chen's trip, something China has been reluctant to do.
As for whether government employees should be allowed to travel to China without applying for permission in advance, just more than 66 percent of respondents said the current regulation requiring government employees to apply for permission is reasonable, while 58 percent said the government should relax the regulation gradually.
The telephone poll was conducted from Nov. 25 to Nov. 27 among Taiwanese over the age of 20. The survey had a 95 percent rate of reliability, with a sampling error of 2.93 percent, with 1,118 valid samples collected.
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