In 1999, then presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian was invited by Giddens to go to the London School of Economics and deliver a talk on the "new middle path" in Taiwan. Giddens also presented the president with a copy of his book and wished him well in the election.
一九九九年，陳水扁還是總統候選人時曾接受紀登斯的邀請，在倫敦政經學院發表「台灣新中間路線：一個全新的政治視野」專題演說，紀登斯送給他《第三條路》這本書，祝他競選成功。