Since World War II, as Taiwan has made the transition from a poor nation to a wealthy one, the government has made economic development-under an umbrella of political stability-top priority. Just as in mainland China today, in the Taiwan of the past democracy, human rights, and environmental protection were told to step aside to make way for the economic flagship.
台灣從二次大戰後的落後貧窮到今日的世界經濟大國，政府一直以政治安定下的經濟發展為施政第一考量，就像今天的中國大陸，民主、人權、環保、生態在經濟大旗下，都得靠邊站。