President Lee stated that, if elected, he would work toward the signing of a cross-strait peace agreement; The Los Angeles Times carried an article entitled "Taiwan extends an olive branch to China," while the Asian Wall Street Journal carried a piece on Lee's political ideals and accomplishments.
李總統提出其大陸政策方向，表示若獲連任必將致力簽署兩岸和平協定。美國西岸最大報紙洛杉磯時報以「台灣向中國伸出橄欖枝」為題刊出專文，亞洲華爾街日報也以「創造歷史」專文，談李登輝的政治理念和從政經歷。