However, the "China" they have in mind may just be a cultural or traditional China. Through their immense protest gathering marking the Tiananmen incident, the profound concern and enthusiastic aid they offered after the severe flooding in eastern China, and their support of the movement to protect Tiaoyutai, one thread carried through: The China they want is a free, democratic, and prosperous China.
但他們心目中的中國，其實毋寧是文化上、傳統上的中國，而他們表現在對六四的憤慨、對大陸華東水災的熱情捐輸、和最近的保釣行動，在在都表達了一致的，追求一個理想中自由、民主、民生樂利的大中國。