Although investing in China may not be strictly legal and profits are uncertain, every international publisher is skirting the fringes of the law to enter the China market. These publishers take the view that their efforts are providing them with experience in the China market and are preparing them for the liberalized market to come.
或許目前既不合法，又未必獲利，但國際出版業者，無不以遊走法令邊緣的擦邊球方式進入，取得一定經驗，為五年後的開放做好準備。因此雖然大陸不准外資進入出版公司，大膽西進者卻大有人在。