He believes, firstly, that Taiwan rarely receives attention on the international stage and, secondly, that less developed nations such as India and Pakistan almost never import Taiwan's products. The results of the survey would obviously favor mainland China. Ting himself has sent a response to the Gallup headquarters, suggesting that next year the survey should analyze country and products separately, so that the interviewees do not confuse the two images.
他認為，一來台灣很少出現在國際舞台，二來像印度、巴基斯坦等國民所得較低的國家也幾乎沒有進口台灣產品，調查結果顯然對大陸比較有利；他也對蓋洛普總部做了反映，建議明年的調查把國家與產品分開發問，以免受訪者將兩者形象相混。