關於臺灣當前的外交困境，除了中國持續不斷的無理打壓之外，長期以來主要是受限於「一個中國」政策，而無法進入國際社會。事實上，此一外交困境源自於臺灣與中華民國的混淆，因為「中華民國」不能參加國際組織的問題與「臺灣」不能參加國際組織的問題不同。前者的問題必須從國際法的政府繼承論來探討，而後者的問題是關於新國家是否成立的問題。本文析究，臺灣加入國際組織的行動雖和中國政府的影響力有關，但臺灣自己以「重返」而非以一獨立國際法主體的名義加入，才是造成無法進入國際組織的重要關鍵。如果我們繼續在國際間以「中華民國(Republic of China)」稱呼自己，由於「中華民國」是「中國」的一個舊政府，此舉將繼續強化國際人士以為我國仍停留在中國代表權問題，而無論要說明「一國兩府」或主張「一國兩席」，都是非常困難的事。「一個中國」已是國際間的共識，中華人民共和國(People's Republic of China)已是國際社會唯一承認的中國政府，我國若繼續使用「中華民國」為名義，遲早會被視為中國的一省或一部份。

In terms of our current diplomacy constraints, part from the constant unreasonable pressure of China, since long ago we can't enter international society because of the limit of the 'One China' policy. As a matter of fact, this diplomatic constrain can be sourced from the confusion of Taiwan and The Republic of China, because the issue of 'The Republic of China' not being able to join the international community is different with the issue of 'Taiwan' not being able to join the international community. The issue of the former should be discussed with the government inheriting the theory of International Law, meanwhile the issue of the later is about whether a new state should establish. This essay proclaims that although the action taken by Taiwan in joining the international community has connection with the influence of China's government, it is mainly due to Taiwan's insist on 'returning' to international community instead of joining with the name of an 'independent International Law main body'. If Taiwan continue to call ourselves 'The Republic of China' in international society, this behavior will continue to increase the confusion of international society and the question of representation of China will stay since 'The Republic of China' is an old government of 'China'. It's very difficult whether to explain 'One Country, Two Governments' or to state 'One Country, Two Seats'. 'One China' has been the mutual recognition of international society, The People's Republic of China has been the only Chinese government that international society acknowledges. If the name of 'The Republic of China' is kept used by the Government of Taiwan, sooner or later Taiwan be considered a province or one part of China.