Clearly, one cannot ignore the economic miracle and political democratization created over the last half-century, but there are also problems of "black gold" politics, a growing gap between rich and poor, and environmental destruction.
畢竟，國民黨政府執政半世紀所創下的經濟奇蹟與政治民主功不可沒，只是伴隨二者而來的黑金政治、貧富不均、環保污染與生態破壞等種種弊端已使民眾極端不耐，相對的，對改革的期待也就格外迫切。