For instance, internal government documents show that after the Communists unsuccessfully bombarded Kinmen Island 40 years ago, the Communists came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be necessary to go to war again. Mainland officials believed that Taiwan would surely adopt mistaken policies, and that all they needed to do was to wait patiently.
就在四十年前，中共砲轟金門失敗以後，內部文件就曾做這樣的研判，他們認為以後不必再採取戰爭，他們認為，台灣內部一定會做出錯誤的決策，他們有耐心等待。