And perhaps more importantly, Chang got a chance to see below the surface of the smiling faces that greet a foreign dignitary. He got a first-hand feel for the pressures and cold calculations that are all part of the machinery underpinning the ROC's efforts to maintain successful relations with these countries. This was surely a very important lesson, and perhaps the most valuable thing of all for Taipei.
張俊雄這次成功的出訪，也在邦交國熱烈歡迎的表象下，親自體驗為維繫這些邦交國須承受的壓力、目睹外交現實冷酷的一面，並察覺其中之暗濤起伏；這些體認，對台北的價值當更為珍貴。