Fo Guang University president Kung Peng-cheng makes a trip to the mainland nearly every month. For the people of his generation, says Kung, "China is a huge mystery, familiar yet not so familiar, near yet far," and it is natural to want to get a proper understanding of the society without having one's perceptions clouded by ideology, and without looking at everything from a Taipei perspective.
開放以來，佛光大學校長龔鵬程幾乎每個月來去大陸一趟，對他這一代人而言，「中國是一個大神秘，既熟悉又陌生，既親近又遙遠，」自然想要除去「匪情瞭解」的眼鏡，重新去認識那個社會，而非從台北看天下。