However, 45 % of respondents said that visits to diplomatic partners are helpful to stabilizing relations with those countries. On his trip President Chen also criticized the opposition parties, and said that he would soon mobilize his "National Security Alliance" (a coalition of parties and individual legislators that Chen hopes will give the DPP a legislative majority).
但有四成五的民眾相信，出訪邦交國有助於鞏固兩國邦誼。事實上，隨著中共經濟力的提升，台灣近年的外交處境險象叢生，元首外交可說是不得不然。