She stressed that in the wake of political reforms, Taiwan had experienced its first ever peaceful transition of power after the 2000 presidential elections, and was now "a fully and solidly democratic country."
她強調，歷經政治改革的台灣，經過兩千年總統大選後，有史以來第一次政權轉移，「台灣已是不折不扣、鞏固的民主國家」。