Vis-a-vis Chen's trip, says Liu, most analysts in Taiwan wanted to know: Was there a comprehensive policy package to go with the president's trip? If it was a purely ritual journey, he says, then perhaps its wisdom was debatable.
他表示，這次阿扁總統出訪，國內的討論多集中在兩個問題：元首出訪是否有配套政策，若只是儀式性的訪問，那這種訪問的智慧就值得商榷。