To ask that question is to reprise a debate that was heard when Hong Kong and Macau reverted to China, but that is seldom encountered nowadays. Whether serious moves toward unification change that fact will depend on the effectiveness of China’s soft-power approach, which cannot be limited only to the attractiveness of its economy if it is actually to succeed.
因此，台湾是否会变得更像大陆，还是反其道而行之？问这样一个问题实际上等于重启当年香港澳门回归大陆时的讨论，但在今天已经不多见了。是否能在统一方面实现重大进展将取决于中国软实力政策的效力，而这一政策要取得成功的话，也不能仅仅被局限于经济方面的吸引力。