But the real distance between the people on the two sides of the strait lies in the differences in mentality and values of people living under different systems. Put simply, these a re the ideas of freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights which are part of the blueprint for a new China drawn in blood and sacrifice years ago by Sun Yat-sen and so many revolutionaries.
然而，兩岸人民真正的距離是無形的，不同體制下人民的思考方式和生活理念，簡單地說，就是自由、民主、法治與人權思想，是當初國父與知識份子為主的多少革命志士，用鮮血性命為新中國打造的藍圖。