Naturally this first-ever change of the "helmsman" is a novel and unusual sensation. And it comes at a time when Taiwan faces, in the words of former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh, "a turning point from which Taiwan can either ascend upward or sink into the mire."
台灣人民第一次換「掌櫃」，難免不習慣，而黑金沉痾也使台灣面臨如選前中研院院長李遠哲所言的，「正在向上提昇或向下沉淪的關鍵」。