The guiding principle of the ROC, ever since its founding, has been to rescue China from destruction and ensure its survival. And for the past 50 years, the proximity of a powerful enemy has spurred the government to go flat out in pursuit of national prosperity.
救亡圖存，是中華民國建國以來不曾或忘的宗旨；強敵在側的隱憂，則是這五十年國府破釜沈舟、勵精圖治的動力。