Passports are intended to serve as personal documents to use abroad for identification and proof of nationality. But because of unusual circumstances in the nation's foreign relations, the history of the ROC passport over the last 40 years sets it apart. Now the document, worth tens of thousands of US dollars, is coveted by international thieves.
護照，原本只是個人在國外時，用來識別身分、國籍的國際旅行文件；中華民國護照卻因特殊的政治外交處境，這四十年來，和其他國家的護照有著極其不一樣的故事；它的上萬美元身價，就很令國際小偷矚目。