Nevertheless, although the shackles of the old era are gone, Taiwan in the new era is still beset with difficulties, and on coming to office the new government will immediately have to grapple with many difficult issues, including the constitutional system, cross-strait relations, rampant criminality and corruption in politics and government, a burgeoning budget deficit, the state of the economy, and social welfare programs.
然而舊時代枷鎖不再，新時代卻依然荊棘滿佈，新政府一上台，就得面對包括憲政體制、兩岸關係、黑金充斥、財政赤字、民生及社會福利議題等的許多棘手難題。