In a telephone conversation with US President Bill Clinton, PRC President Jiang Zemin emphasized that Lee's statement was a serious challenge to the "one China" principle, exposing, alleged Jiang, Lee's intent to try to separate Taiwan from China.
中共國家主席江澤民與美國總統柯林頓的電話通話中強調，李總統的「兩國論」是對一個中國原則的嚴重挑釁，暴露出欲把台灣從中國分割出去的本質。