A: If you take an overview of current global development trends, you see that the city has become the hub of economic development and of human lives. Developing a city-oriented model of foreign relations is Taiwan's best bet for escaping its international straitjacket. As Taiwan's locomotive, Taipei is the key to this effort.
答：綜觀目前全球發展趨勢，城市已經是經濟發展與人類生活的主軸，發展以「城市」為主體的外交模式，也將成為台灣走出國際困境的最佳捷徑，而扮演火車頭的台北市則是關鍵角色。