Sounding a note of optimism, van Ess says that although political factors play a role in the contest between traditional and simplified characters, politics is a fickle business and there is no such thing as forever. Chinese dynasties have come and gone; the next political party or leader that rises to power could quickly make a major change of policy.
此外他樂觀表示，正體字和簡體字之爭，受政治因素左右，但政局是多變的，沒有所謂的永遠，改朝換代在中國歷史上本就是家常便飯，換了一個政黨或領導人上台，可能很快就來個政策大翻盤。