Taiwan authorities criticized for poor response to virus outbreak 1 The poor performance of the Democratic Progressive Party administration in Taiwan in tackling the latest COVID-19 outbreak on the island has revealed its insufficient governance capacity, which has led to its declining popularity, Chinese mainland experts said. Voters' support for the DPP has dropped from 43.1 percent in March to 28.2 percent in June due to its policies in dealing with the outbreak, according to a poll released on Monday by a public opinion foundation on the island. Cross-Straits relations experts said that the DPP authorities have been engaging in political confrontation with the mainland to cover up its inability to obtain sufficient supplies of vaccines and the obstacles it has placed in the way of imports of vaccines from the mainland.