Three Links
In June 2008, Lee visited Beijing to attend the fund raising telethon by China Central Television for the victims relief of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake which occurred a month before in Sichuan. Lee first sailed from Kinmen to Xiamen in Fujian through the Three Links followed by a flight to Beijing. He took the opportunity of this visit to better understand issues concerning the conversion between New Taiwan dollar and Renminbi and the water supply to Kinmen from Mainland China.