In the first half of October, ROC Vice President Lien Chan paid a visit to Europe. After his itinerary was revealed, it inevitably met with intense pressure from Beijing. The result was that this journey, originally to have covered northern, central and southern Europe and intended to build friendly foreign relations with the three countries of Iceland, Austria and Spain, lost Spain as a destination.
副總統連戰十月上旬出訪歐洲，行程曝光後，無可避免地又遭中共強力打壓，使得原來涵蓋北、中、南歐洲三國「冰島﹘奧地利﹘西班牙」的外交友好造訪少了西班牙一站。