Indeed, as the PRC hoped, the evolution of US-PRC relations was very much contrary to the interests of Taiwan in this period, as exhibited by Clinton's public acknowledgment of the three noes.
而事實上，從九七年十月到九八年六月這段時間內，中（共）美間關係的巨大變化，確實也對我國產生極為不利的影響：柯林頓公開申明對台「三不」立場，使我國國際空間大受侷限，同時中共又對美國不斷施壓，希望美國停止軍售台灣。