Here, she cites the Vatican's appointing of the Reverend Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung, to the position of Cardinal. The Rev. Shan is only the fifth ethnic Chinese in the world to be so appointed. At that time, Huang Kun-huei, then secretary-general to the President's Office, and Wu Den-yih, then mayor of Kaohsiung, led a delegation to Europe to attend the ceremonies.
她舉例，天主教高雄教區主教單國璽在梵諦岡受封為樞機主教，是全世界第五位受封的華人，當時的總統府秘書長黃昆輝、高雄市長吳敦義率祝賀團前往參加。