Although negotiations now face a number of difficulties, Lin Chong-pin is not pessimistic about the future. He argues that when the long-term interests of the two sides happen to be compatible, and as their views of suitable subjects for negotiation intersect, the Taiwan Strait problem will steadily improve. (Eric Lin / photos by Diago Chiu / tr. by Phil Newell)
雖然目前兩岸的談判也面臨了一些困境，但對於未來兩岸的談判，陸委會副主委林中斌並不悲觀；他認為，當兩岸長遠利益皆能契合，對談判議題的看法漸有交集時，台海問題便能逐漸平緩。