Harry Harding, dean of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, said that Lee Teng-hui's theory of "state-to-state" relations requires further clarification; otherwise, it may be regarded by the US as troublemaking and by Beijing as provocation.
喬治華盛頓大學國際研究院院長何漢理說，李總統的「兩國論」恐需進一步解釋，否則將可能被美方視為「攪局」、以及被中共視為「挑釁」。