On the 20th, major English and Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong gave the speech big play. They noted that Lee not only announced his opposition to Taiwan independence, he didn't even mention getting into the United Nations; they saw this as expressing quite friendly intentions toward the PRC.
五月二十日當天，香港各大中、英文報，如明報、信報、星島日報、東方日報、南華早報等，都以主要篇幅報導李總統就職演說內容，認為內中不但表示不台獨，甚至也不提重返聯合國之事，可說充分表達了對中共的善意。