An editorial in the New York Times said that the outlook for the reforms is good, and the Hong Kong Times pointed out that the developments make the Republic of China on Taiwan a fore runner in political reform among the five great areas in the world where Chinese live--mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and Singapore--and worthy of study by Chinese in other areas.
「紐約時報」社論認為，國民黨這些政治自由化改革「前景看好」。香港「時報」以「政制改革的先行者」為題，指出中華民國在台灣地區的政治發展是世界五大華人地區﹘ ﹘大陸、台灣、香港、廈門、新加坡﹘﹘政制改革的先驅和參考的經驗，足以為其他華人地區參考。