Nonetheless, she also pointed out that Taiwan is the only Chinese society that possesses a genuinely democratic system. The success or failure of Taiwan directly influences the development of mainland China, and in recent years Taiwan has developed its own form, creating the possibility for a renaissance in Chinese culture. She also de scribed the Taiwanese as "continental people living on the ocean.
但她也指出，台灣是中國文化社會中唯一擁有真正民主制度的地方，台灣的成敗直接影響到中國大陸的發展，而台灣近年來已漸自成格局，似有中國文藝復興之姿，相信擁有大陸性格的台灣人，同時也將跨出海洋，成為出色的水手。