However, counters Chang, when and if the PRC really wants to use armed force, it can come up with an excuse at any time. "Don't forget the 8 / 23 artillery duels [referring to fighting in the late 1950s that began on August 23]. There was no declaration of independence, but the PRC attacked anyway."
但是張旭成卻認為，如果中共要動武，其實隨時可以找理由，「當年的八二三砲戰，並沒有說獨立，她也是動武。」