The article also pointed out that Taiwan has an important strategic position, is America's seventh largest trading partner, and is a powerful force for democracy. It called on the US to seriously oppose Beijing's military threat to Taiwan.
社論中也提到，台灣地位重要，是美國第七大貿易夥伴、具旺盛的民主力量，絕不能成為華盛頓和北京相互較勁的棋子，它呼籲美國必須嚴拒北京對台之武力威脅。