Every autumn for the last 15 years at the UN's annual General Assembly, non-member Taiwan has used every diplomatic channel possible to request that its allies speak in favor of its application for membership. Every year, stubborn resistance by China has meant that Taiwan is unsuccessful. Taiwan has felt every cold, hard blow of international realpolitik.
過去 15 年來，每年秋季聯大全會時，不得其門而入的台灣，就得透過各種管道，洽請友邦在會中發言支持台灣參與聯合國；無奈在中國強悍無理的杯葛下，年年鎩羽而歸，國際的現實冷暖，台灣可謂點滴在心頭。