The PRC has been striving to strengthen its military and to promote international political pluralization, at tempting to create an international political environment suited to its interests. For the PRC the Taiwan problem has always been hanging unresolved, suspended in the context of the triangular ROC-PRC-US relationship. Beijing has always had to consider how its efforts to resolve the Taiwan issue will affect its relations with Washington.
然而對中共而言，在面對與台灣及美國的關係時，台海問題一直是懸而待決的，而且必須思索：究竟是否要解決台海問題，才能改善與美國的關係？