Consequently, there was no need to use the term 'restore.' It was an altogether different situation from the 'leased territory' of Hong Kong or the Chinese territory 'under Portuguese administration' of Macao being returned to China. "
「《馬關條約》既已將台、澎完全主權『永久割讓』給日本，因此沒有必要用『歸還』一詞，這和 1997 年香港以『租界地』身分或 1999 年澳門以『管理地』身分回歸中國是不同的。」