Upholding sovereignty Over the last ten years, the close relations the Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian administrations held with Japan kept them from pushing the controversy over sovereignty over the Diaoyutais. With this incident, however, the official response was stronger.
堅持主權，和平解決過去 10 年，由於兩位前任總統李登輝與陳水扁均採親日路線，對釣魚台主權的爭取不甚積極，而本次事件發生後，官方反應則較為強烈。