The United Daily News commented that the Macedonian development marks no fundamental change in Taiwan's long-term diplomatic situation, and that the pattern over the years has been that, after Taiwan invests tremendous effort in establishing diplomatic ties, the PRC simply increases its international pressure on Taiwan and further limits Taiwan's room for survival.
聯合報社論指出，和馬其頓共和國建交的事例，不脫多年來我們外交路線的困局，通常在費盡心力建交後，跟隨而來卻往往是中共更加嚴酷的外交打壓，影響到國家的基本生存空間，因此，進退之間的分際何在，需要仔細評估。