It may be difficult for people outside Taiwan to appreciate the great desire here, suppressed for so many years, to return to active membership in the international community, but for the 21 million compatriots here it is very real.
的確，經過多年壓抑，我們亟盼重返國際社會，成為國際中積極、活躍的一員的心情，外人或許很難體會，但對二千一百萬同胞來說，卻是很真確的。