While the president in late May was traveling abroad and raising Taiwan's international profile, bad news was breaking at home. The exchange value of the New Taiwan Dollar declined sharply, the latest leading economic indicators dropped off the bottom of the scale, and unemployment hit a record high.
五月底，當總統正風塵僕僕於邦交國之旅、開拓國際版圖之時，國內卻爆出台幣大貶、景氣泛藍、失業率再創新高等令人沮喪的消息。