Tsao believes that the present moment provides Taiwan with an excellent opportunity to transform into a "maritime culture," and that the notion of a history of the island might help lay the foundation for such a maritime culture.
他認為，現在是台灣轉型為「海洋文化」的最佳時機，而「台灣島史」的想法，或許有助於海洋文化基礎工作的建構。