The central government has long concentrated its efforts on building up Taipei as the island's international showcase city. Now, however, other cities around Taiwan, no less than Taipei, must deal with the impact of today's trend toward globalization and Taiwan's difficulties in the arena of foreign relations.
在中央長期致力於培養台北當台灣櫥窗的同時，台灣各縣市也和台北一樣需要面臨全球化潮流的衝擊與台灣國際現實的困窘，「是該結束這種分配失衡的時候了！」