Looking at the series of visits to the PRC and Taiwan by these influential figures from the US, it has to be said that these visits cannot be taken as representing official views. A China expert at the Atlantic Council in the US said that the media should not take the opinions of such visitors as direct messages from the US government.
綜看這一連串的兩岸訪問行程，這群訪客畢竟無法代表美國正式官方立場，美國「大西洋理事會」的中國問題專家文厚認為，媒體不宜硬把這類訪問團的意見當作是美國政府的訊息。