Yang concludes that an objective understanding of the PRC's situation is the minimum requirement of any understanding of the world order. Otherwise, people in Taiwan will be tempted to see things only from the point of view of what is best for Taiwan, without trying to create a win-win situation for the two sides.
楊開煌認為，後冷戰時期的國際新秩序最根本的環節，是對中國變局的客觀理解，否則就會出現「台灣盲點」，只見台灣優先，未見兩岸雙贏。