In addition, McKinnon publicly announced that APEC has 21 members, but China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are a "special case." Therefore, only China, which he viewed as representative, was invited to attend discussions of political subjects.
同時，麥肯南在 APEC 開會期間，還曾公開對外宣稱「APEC 有二十一個會員國，但中國、香港及台灣是特殊例子，因此 APEC 在討論政治議題時，僅邀請具代表性的中國出席」。