The Taipei City Government and the United Daily News Group held a contest to choose the single Chinese character that best defined Taiwan in 2008. The results, released at the end of the year, were that, with more 61,000 telephone votes cast, the winning symbol was luan, meaning chaos or disorder.
由台北市政府和聯合報系舉辦的「台灣 2008 年代表字」票選活動，於去年年底揭曉，結果在超過 6 萬 1,000 通的電話票選中，選出了「亂」字為代表。