Taipei emphasized that negotiations would have to persist one step at a time over a long period of time. In any case, the two sides had been separated for more than 40 years. It was not necessary to demand that after only a short period of interaction there would be unequivocal accomplishments, and still less could one harbor romantic longings.
談判需要長時間一步步地談，何況兩岸隔絕四十餘年，不必要求短暫交往後，即要有顯著成果，更不可存有浪漫的憧憬。