In the fine month of October, while the PRC stages huge celebrations to mark "the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the country," the ROC is somberly observing its own National Day--the 50th such occasion since the government moved to Taiwan, but this year overshadowed by September's terrible earthquake.
光輝十月，當對岸中共大肆慶祝「建國五十年」時，中華民國卻在集集大地震的陰霾下，肅穆哀沈地度過國府遷台的第五十次國慶。