Without them, we'd survive, but it would be a hard existence, and we'd have no control over our future. And if we are to play an important part in the eventual reunification of China, foreign relations are an absolute necessity, and "pragmatic" relations are not a substitute for formal diplomatic ones.
我們要掌握未來，而且我們若是中國統一過程中重要的一部分的話，外交關係是必須的，不可或缺的，而任何實質關係都不能取代真正的外交關係。