Ambassador-without-portfolio Lu Yi-cheng wrote an article in which he argued that foreign aid has always been universally recognized as a regular tool of diplomacy as well as a humanitarian necessity, and there is no reason why Taiwan should have to steer clear of it.
無任所大使陸以正為文指出，援外本來就是一種外交工具與人道需要，世界各國無不如此，我國無須自命清高。