In fact, long before his "state-to-state" statement, President Lee has more than once in the last several years reiterated the ROC's independent sovereignty in interviews with such members of the media as the Asian Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the The Times of London.
其實早在「兩國論」之前，李總統在近幾年接受亞洲華爾街日報、華盛頓郵報、泰晤士報等媒體採訪時，已不只一次重申我國主權獨立。