Nevertheless, the two sides view each other with suspicion. If the Chinese Communists conclude that Taiwan's leadership has dropped its insistence on formal independence only to pursue a policy that includes de facto independence as its aim, Chou argued that this will introduce a note of uncertainty into the relationship.
若中共認為台灣表面上放棄改國號等形式台獨，然在實質上仍然進行台獨的話，也會投下兩岸的變數。