For example, once a German elected official asked him whether Taiwan would be interested in joining a tuberculosis prevention plan in Eastern Europe. But because official medical aid from Taiwan currently goes only to countries with which it has formal diplomatic relations, they could not promise anything. "Something like this, that would require a million US dollars, of course needs government participation.
比如有一次德國議員問他，台灣是否有興趣參與東歐肺結核的防治計畫，但鑒於台灣官方醫療援外範圍目前仍限於邦交國，他們也無法承諾什麼，「這種動輒百萬美金的支援，當然需要政府出面。