"They are a kind of pressure group. They can be used as a kind of weight whichever side they stand on, that side will have more weight," he points out. They can also influence the views of the governments where they live concerning the relationship between Taiwan and mainland China.
「他們是一種壓力團體，有一個砝碼作用，他站在哪一邊，哪一邊的份量就會重」，他指出，海外華人在僑居地的立場也會影響住在國政府對兩岸的看法。