However, after a moment's hesitation, the official still added a rider: if cross-strait relations really were to deteriorate to the point of an economic blockade or open hostilities, or if there were a large-scale reversal in the mainland's internal political and economic climate, the situation would get out of control.
不過在沉吟片刻後，這位官員還是追加了一句「但書」：若是兩岸關係真的惡化到發生經濟封鎖甚或開戰，或是大陸內部的政經氣候發生大倒退、大逆轉，情勢就會失控。