Hope in the Taiwan model While the government has been trying hard to communicate its good intentions to the outside world, there have still been some doubts expressed within the ROC. In the media, allusions have been made to the Titanic, with the hope that the government will not set sail on some rescue mission without a seaworthy economy of its own, for fear of hitting an iceberg and sinking.
「台灣模式」，與君共勉在政府力求對外表現善意時，國內仍有一些質疑，還有媒體以「鐵達尼號」做比喻，希望政府不要自己根基還沒紮穩就出航，結果落得撞上冰山沈沒。