Nevertheless, I disagree with those who say that nothing positive has happened in cross-strait relations over the past eight years. In fact, despite occasional volleys of heated words, there has been nothing like the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996 when the PRC conducted missile tests. Moreover, private exchanges across the strait-both economic and otherwise-have grown more and more commonplace.
不過我不同意外界說的，過去 8 年兩岸政策一無是處，因為這 8 年除了一點言詞交鋒外，基本上兩岸相安無事，也沒有出現像 1995 和 96 年那樣的飛彈危機，且不管在經貿和各種民間交流上，都是最頻繁的。