Veteran diplomat tells it like it was

"Contemplating how Taiwan should move on under the US' `new three no's' is to me the most challenging and difficult task Taiwan has faced," Loh said.

While taking note of the diplomatic truce between Taipei and Beijing during the past two years or so, Loh urged the two rivals to continue the truce. "The two sides should indeed stop the tug-of-war in the race to snatch one or two diplomatic allies," he said.