"But our standpoint on joining international organizations at the present stage is still to give priority consideration to regional, economic and trade, and functional organizations," Fredrick Chien says. Faced with our difficult international circumstances, we have to avoid battles we're not sure of winning as much as possible to avoid wasting limited resources.
「不過現階段我們參與國際組織的立場，還是以區域性、經貿性及功能性的國際組織為優先考慮」，錢復指出，面對國際困局，我們在尋求加入國際組織時，必須儘量少打沒把握的仗，以免浪費有限資源在無謂競爭上。