The director of the WHO Promotional Group and the former deputy director of the Ministry of Health in Taiwan, Hsing-Che Tu, believed that the rejection of Taiwanese passports was an act of humiliation:
세계보건기구 홍보단장이자 전 대만 보건부 부국장을 지낸 Hsing-Che Tu는 대만 여권을 받지 않는 행태에 굴욕감을 느낀다고 했다.