So much so that the Taipei stock market plummeted by over 400 points in less than an hour just because near the beginning of his inaugural address President Chen said: "Taiwan stands up, representing the... dignity of the country."
甚至阿扁總統的就職演說中，只因說到「台灣站起來，有了國家的尊嚴… …」，就嚇得股市在短短不到一小時一度暴跌四百多點；報章雜誌則針對阿扁總統只說了九次「中華民國」、卻說了四十三次「台灣」大作文章。