At the end of June, John H. Chang, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 'deputy director of North American affairs, stated in a public speech that U.S.-R.O.C. reltions are "friendly and close," the best they have been in the past ten years.
六月底，外交部主管對美事務的常務次長章孝嚴在一個公開的演講中則表示，中美關係「密切、友善」，目前是近十年來雙方關係最佳的時刻。