Each side gets something it needs, and the relationship cannot be summed up as a purely financial one. Chang continues: "It is shallow to see the maintenance of relations between the ROC and its diplomatic partners as depending only on money. Ties with some Latin American countries go back 40 or 50 years. Such a long period of friendship cannot be explained only by the size or wealth of the countries involved."
「若將我國與邦交國之間關係的維持只視為金錢援助的因素就太過膚淺了，一些中美洲友邦與我關係已有四、五十年，如此長久的情誼，絕對不是國家大小、窮富等因素可以解釋得過去」，裘兆琳說。