"In democratic countries, there are many affairs which require multilateral discussion between governments but which get stuck in parliaments, or, because the ruling party changes in an election, have agreements previously reached get scrapped," says Lillian Lin, deputy director of the Foreign Language Department of the Central News Agency, who has served long stints in Germany and Australia.
「在民主國家中，本來就有許多事是幾國政府洽商多時，卻偏偏卡在國會不通過；或是大選後執政黨下台、新人當政，使得前面的協商前功盡棄的」，派駐德、奧多年的中央通訊社外文部副主任林琳指出。