One reason is the anti-communism that lingers from the persecution and confiscations that followed 1949. Another is that Panama and the ROC have always maintained good diplomatic relations, and have frequently exchanged official and private visits.
一方面是因為僑胞在大陸的僑產、僑眷都曾受中共沒收、迫害，僑社的反共意識極為強烈；另一方面則系中巴邦誼一向親密，官方及民間的往返頻仍。