Meanwhile, the Lee administration's active development of "track two" channels of communication gave substance to Taiwan's relations with a number of other countries. But China's unrelenting pressure left both sides competing for allies. "Many countries were able to take advantage of this situation," notes Chao, hence the oft-voiced criticisms of Taiwan's "dollar diplomacy" and "big shot diplomacy."
而李登輝政府大力發展邦交國之外的「第二軌道」關係，更促成我與許多國家的實質關係，但中共的壓力不斷，也使得兩岸為了增加邦交國，互挖牆角，「許多國家因此而遊走於兩岸矛盾間，趁機強索資源」，趙建民說，於是「金錢外交」、「凱子外交」的批評聲一直未斷。