The Taipei City Government was the first to come out in opposition to the recommendation for Tongyong Pinyin, stating that since Hanyu Pinyin has become the de facto international standard, Taiwan ought to fall in line in order to facilitate communications, and to become more international.
未料，教育部國推會提出採用通用拼音的決議，使這次的拼音大戰浮出檯面。吳三桂請清兵入關？第一個反對採用通用拼音的台北市政府表示，既然漢語拼音已通行於國際，台灣為求資訊化與國際化，不宜再使用另一套系統。