President Lee emphasized that the ROC is an independent sovereign state, and absolutely not a local government, even if the PRC ignores this historical and legal reality, viewing Taiwan as a "renegade province."
李登輝總統強調，我國是主權獨立的國家，絕非地方政府，中共卻昧於歷史與法律事實，將台灣視為「叛離的一省」。