Prime Minister Oddson was perplexed by Beijing's vehement protest, because he had recently expressed to PRC Premier Li Peng his intentions to strengthen economic ties with Taiwan and at that time had encountered no objections.
冰島總理奧德森對於中共的強烈抗議感到疑惑，因為他一九九四年底訪問中國大陸時曾向中共總理李鵬表示有意加強與台灣的經貿關係，當時並未遭到抗議。