The idea that "the KMT is an outside power," the focus in recent years on our Taiwanese roots, and xenophobia all contributed in the past to the great support that Lee Teng-hui enjoyed among Taiwanese.
「國民黨是外來政權」的說法，跟近年流行的「本土化」，加上人性裡的弱點「排外」，造成過去台灣人的「李登輝情結」。