Lin pulls out the self-inking brush that he carries with him at all times. He draws a circle on a blank sheet of paper, and, after denoting the globe's north and south poles, marks the location of Taiwan. "Because Taiwan's plight is special, it is forced to act in the diplomatic realm as if it had one hand tied behind its back," he notes.
林磐聳拿出隨身攜帶的自來毛筆，在白紙上畫出一個圓，標出南北極後點出台灣的位置：「台灣因處境特殊，國際外交處處遭到掣肘。