Although China's road from the Opium War to the retraction of the unequal treaties was hard; although Western civilization only entered after China's closed door had been blasted in with cannon; and although today there are many differences of opinion rooted in historical sentiments, value orientations, and self-interest, we have already learned how to co-exist peacefully and equally.
雖然中國自鴉片戰爭到不平等條約的廢除之路備極艱辛，雖然西方文明當年是以船堅砲利的猙獰面貌轟開中國的大門，雖然今天東西方之間仍有著許多歷史情結、價值取向、現實利益的種種歧異，但終究早已磨出了平等共存的智慧。