Yet, in contradictory news, at the beginning of March the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report released by the US cited Taiwan, for the third time, as being a significant drug transshipment center. This was quite a blow to Taiwan's international image.
矛盾的是，三月初美國發表「國際毒品管制策略報告書」，竟第三度將台灣列為毒品轉口國，使台灣的國際形象頗受打擊。