Amidst general acclamation, however, some circles nevertheless voiced skepticism on a number of points. For one thing, they say, those pulling the strings in this recent diplomatic maneuver appeared to be businesspeople, lawyers and other private parties, allowing hardly any say in the matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mandated to act as the nation's diplomatic decision-making body.
不過，在一片肯定聲中，輿論也提出幾點質疑：其一是此次外交出擊，居中牽線者是台商及律師等民間人士，反倒身為國家外交決策單位的外交部少有置喙餘地。