At the present stage, controversy is inevitable. But it is important to debate in a more rational way instead of being limited by one's own interests and parochial emotional factors.

现阶段，争论总是难免，重要的是争论能多一些理性而不是因自身权益而使争论具有情感上的偏狭。

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