The weather is hot and stuffy, and the barometric pressure is very low. But the mood of Taiwanese is even lower. The nation watched, transfixed, after Pai Hsiao-yen, the 17-year-old daughter of well-known TV personality Pai Ping-ping, was kidnapped and held for ransom.
今夜，天氣很悶、氣壓很低，比氣壓更低的，是台灣人的心情。