Tokyo has an area of more than 2000 square kilometers. Shanghai has 6000 square kilometers, which is a sixth of the size of all of Taiwan. As for Beijing, with a land area of 16,000 square kilometers, Taipei cannot compete in terms of manpower, land or resources. Taipei is more than just the area of Taiwan's capital city.
東京兩千多平方公里；上海有六千多平方公里，等於 1/6 個台灣那麼大；至於北京更有一萬六千多平方公里，如果只憑台北市，在人力、土地、資源上都不夠競爭。