This is particularly the case given that mainland China generally takes the opportunity afforded by the annual APEC meetings to diminish Taiwan's status. Last year at the APEC conference held in Shanghai, the mainland, as the host country, took a variety of obstructive measures, inciting protests from the Taiwan side.
特別每年一度的 APEC 會議上，大陸總是伺機矮化台灣，去年在上海舉行會議，大陸身為地主國，更是動作頻頻，引來國人抗議。