(The Editors) The Chinese Communists have always wanted to solve the Taiwan problem by force, but have been unable to do so because of the Republic of China's strong military defense and its international support. When they established diplomatic relations with the United States on January 1, 1979, they changed their rhetoric but not their intentions.
中共一向想用武力解決台灣問題，但由於中華民國有強大的防禦力量，國際上又不支持，反而使它無法與美國建立正常外交關係，所以一直未能如願。毛澤東死後，早期華國鋒、鄧小平等人還是想堅持這個政策，一九七八年三月五日的偽憲法在序言中仍說：「我們一定要解放台灣」。