In terms of cross-strait relations, both President Lee and Premier Lien have solemnly declared on many occasions that Taiwan's participation in the UN can only benefit national reunification, but the Chinese Communists still obtusely insist that it is an expression of Taiwan's intention to gain independence.
兩岸方面，不管李總統與連院長多次嚴正聲明，我參與聯合國絕對有利兩岸統一，中共仍然偏執的認定，這是台灣尋求獨立的表示。