But Hu emphasized that the point of the recent trip by the Premier to the Philippines and Indonesia was economic cooperation. Taiwan is intimately tied to SE Asia. As Taiwan has invested a great deal and trades heavily with the region, it can't isolate itself from the region's financial crisis.
但針對這次院長出訪菲、印，胡志強也強調，重點在於經濟合作，我國與東南亞地緣關係密切，素來投資貿易來往頻繁，不能置身於金融風暴之外。