Longtime US diplomat James Lilley (see the interview in this issue) points out that the "one China" demand is a card being played by mainland China, but in fact the cross-strait game is going on without that requirement being fulfilled.
前美國駐韓國、台灣、中國大使李潔明也點出，其實「一個中國」是中共所設的局，在兩岸的遊戲中不一定需要「一個中國」這樣的前提。