The China Times noted that US president George W. Bush agreed to allow President Chen a much higher profile during his US stopover, and that Chen was the first ROC president to visit New York in a half century. Both of these facts, in the newspaper's opinion, carry great symbolism and significance.
中國時報指出，由於美國布希政府今年大幅提升我國元首的過境待遇，陳總統將是半世紀以來首次從紐約過境的中華民國元首，具有外交上的象徵與突破意義。