Second, peaceful reunification of the mainland and Taiwan remains unlikely, unless it takes place – as China continues to promise – on the basis of “one country, two systems.” But the Taiwanese cannot be very reassured by what they see happening today in Hong Kong, which was promised the same thing before its return to China in 1997.
其次，大陆和台湾的和平统一仍然是不可能的，除非——如中国继续承诺的——在“一国两制”的基础上。但台湾人并不那么笃定——他们看着现在的香港正在发生什么。1997年回归中国前，香港也得到了同样的承诺。