In mid-March the former German chancellor, Dr. Helmut Schmidt, visited Taiwan to speak on the subject of "The Future of China and Europe in the World." He frankly analyzed the hard-pressed situation of the United States economy, the unsettling prospects of Japan's growing might, and the vitality of the Four Tigers.
三月中，西德前總理施密特（Helmut Schmidt）訪華，在一場以「歐洲與中國在未來世界之角色」為題的演講中，侃侃談論美國經濟的窘境、日本強勢帶來的不安，以及四小龍的活力。