In an editorial, the Hong Kong Economic Journal said that Communist China should change its view of Lee Teng-hui, and "respect the way he has navigated Taiwan to the dignity of democratic politics without bloodshed."
信報還在社論中說，中共應該從另一角度來看待李登輝，「欣賞他領導台灣不用流血便嘗到政治文明中民主的尊嚴。」