Sino-Japanese relations in all areas are inextricably bound together by geographic factors. But, as history professor Cheng Ch'in-jen of National Taiwan University notes, what we know about each other remains far apart.
地緣因素使中日之間關係無論在政治、經濟、社會、文化各方面，向來淵源深厚；但是地理的接近並不代表心理的靠近。台大歷史系教授鄭欽仁指出，對日本，我們距離雖近，但認識實遠。