His most controversial political moves were aimed at his domestic opponents, not the Chinese government on the mainland. He led a vicious campaign to portray all Taiwanese with mainland Chinese roots, even if born and bred in Taiwan, as untrustworthy carpetbaggers – wai shen ren , or “not native people” – as if they were aliens from a different culture.
而实际上，陈水扁对巩固其个人权力的兴趣可比维护台湾利益大得多。此人最具争议的政治动作都是针对其岛内的对手，而不是海峡对岸大陆的北京当局。他发动了一场极为恶毒的政治运动，把所有外省籍的台湾人——即便这些人是在台湾土生土长——都描绘成不可信任的阴谋作乱者——即所谓“外省人”或者“非原住民”——似乎这些人都是些来自异种文化的外族。