Figure 4 Shifting Independence vs.Unification Orientations of People in Taiwan(1993-2013) 40 30 20 10 1993 1996 19992000 2002 2003 20042008 20122013 Principled believer in independence ALean toward to independence Open-minded rationalists Lean toward unification Principled believer in unification Weak opponent to unification Strong believer in status quo Weak opponent to independence Passivists From the above table,it can also be seen that the percentage of people who can accept unification under favorable conditions (Line 3,4 and 5)also decreased from 55.8%in 1993 (and 56%in 2000)to 33.2%in 2008 and bounced back a little to 35%in 2013.This suggests,however, more than one-thirds of people in Taiwan still maintain Chinese national identity in the political dimension.The above-mentioned SJTU October 2014 survey data confirmed that 35.3%of interviewees supported unification if the mainland could practice the same political system as Taiwan,while 50.2%of them still rejected unification under this circumstance.The reject rates were even higher comparatively in other surveys.As it can be calculated from Table 1 (line 1,6, and7),the percentage for2004,2008,2012,and2013was42.7%,52.3%,51.2%and54.5%, respectively.Meanwhile,the percentage of people with Taiwanese identity during the same survey in these years was 45.8%,53.1%,57.3%and 57.5%,respectively.The gap between Taiwanese self-identity and desire of not being unified with Chinese mainland is quite marginal.Moreover, the percentage of people who can accept peaceful independence(line 1-3 in Table 1)in the 2004, 2008,2012 and 2013 surveys was 56.3%,57.6%,55.6%and 59.2%.These figures are summarized in the following table. Table 2 Taiwanese Identity and Independence vs.Unification Orientations 2004 2008 2012 2013 Mean Taiwanese identity 45.8% 53.1% 57.3% 57.5% 53.4 Rejecting conditional unification 42.7% 52.3% 51.2% 54.5% 50.2 Accepting peaceful independence 56.3% 57.6% 55.6% 59.2% 57.2 66 Figure 4 Shifting Independence vs. Unification Orientations of People in Taiwan (1993-2013) From the above table, it can also be seen that the percentage of people who can accept unification under favorable conditions (Line 3, 4 and 5) also decreased from 55.8% in 1993 (and 56% in 2000) to 33.2% in 2008 and bounced back a little to 35% in 2013. This suggests, however, more than one-thirds of people in Taiwan still maintain Chinese national identity in the political dimension. The above-mentioned SJTU October 2014 survey data confirmed that 35.3% of interviewees supported unification if the mainland could practice the same political system as Taiwan, while 50.2% of them still rejected unification under this circumstance. The reject rates were even higher comparatively in other surveys. As it can be calculated from Table 1 (line 1, 6, and 7), the percentage for 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2013 was 42.7%, 52.3%, 51.2% and 54.5%, respectively. Meanwhile, the percentage of people with Taiwanese identity during the same survey in these years was 45.8%, 53.1%, 57.3% and 57.5%, respectively. The gap between Taiwanese self-identity and desire of not being unified with Chinese mainland is quite marginal. Moreover, the percentage of people who can accept peaceful independence (line 1-3 in Table 1) in the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2013 surveys was 56.3%, 57.6%, 55.6% and 59.2%. These figures are summarized in the following table. Table 2 Taiwanese Identity and Independence vs. Unification Orientations 2004 2008 2012 2013 Mean Taiwanese identity 45.8% 53.1% 57.3% 57.5% 53.4 Rejecting conditional unification 42.7% 52.3% 51.2% 54.5% 50.2 Accepting peaceful independence 56.3% 57.6% 55.6% 59.2% 57.2