By March 10, major media from around the world, including US, British, French, and German TV, had congregated in Taiwan. They came to observe how Taiwan would handle its elections, whether the other side would continue to escalate the crisis, and--in particular--whether or not there would be a shooting war.
到了三月十日，包括美國三大電視網 ABC、CBS、NBC，新聞週刊，英國國家廣播公司，和德、法兩國電視公司等歐、美重要媒體就都已齊集台灣，準備就近觀察，看台灣是否能沉著應變，迎接大選，而對岸是否會繼續升高台海危機。