When the communists applied for membership in the Asian Development Bank, it made expulsion of the ROC from the bank a condition for its becoming a member of the ADB.
此外，以亞洲開發銀行會籍問題來說，政府在亞銀當局、美國、日本與中共多方壓力下，仍然能堅持「不接受、不退出、不參加」的立場，折衝的王牌就是「我國不是貸款國，而是捐助國」。據側面瞭解，當初中共申請加入亞銀，姿態甚高，以排除我國會籍為其入會基本條件。