The US embassy said the United States’ approach to the Taiwan issue is misguided and risks triggering conflict with China, according to TASS. In response, Liu Chang said China hopes the United States will take concrete actions to safeguard stable development of China‑US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, TASS reported.

A poll commissioned by Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council indicated that a large majority of Taiwanese favour strengthening national defence and oppose unification with China, the Taipei Times reported. The same poll showed that 81.8 percent of respondents disagreed with Beijing’s claim that “there is only one China and Taiwan is part of China,” and about 75 percent supported the creation of a “T‑Dome” air‑defence system, according to the Taipei Times.

President William Lai referenced the “T‑Dome” system in his Double Ten National Day address, saying it would integrate air defences into a more efficient network, the Taipei Times reported. Nearly 80 percent of respondents said Taiwan and China are not subordinate to each other and backed the government’s crackdown on public servants who obtain Chinese identification documents, the Taipei Times added. The poll was commissioned by the Mainland Affairs Council and, unlike polls conducted by partisan think tanks, should be politically neutral, the Taipei Times noted.