A crowd of 500 to 600 Taiwanese living in the United States showed up to greet the president at his hotel and protest against the US government's "caving in to Beijing at the expense of Taiwan."
旅居加州的「台美人」為此臨時動員，號召五、六百位旅美台籍鄉親在陳水扁下榻的旅館前盛大歡迎，以示對美國政府「媚共輕台」的抗議。