Just before the Chinese New Year, amid the depressed atmosphere following South Africa's announcement of its intention to break diplomatic ties with the ROC, Vice-President Lien Chan traveled to the Vatican on a "pilgrimage of peace."
牛年開春，副總統連戰就在與南非斷交影響的低迷氣氛下，前往天主教廷梵蒂岡展開「和平之旅」。