Policy disputes, a cabinet reshuffle, the slumping stock market and rising unemployment-as if all this weren't enough, Typhoon Xangsane (a mere "medium-strength" typhoon) came and wreaked havoc, bringing serious flooding to the Taipei-Keelung area and causing dreadful loss of life and property.
政策爭議、內閣更迭、股市疲軟、失業率高漲，不識相的象神颱風卻在這個風雨飄搖的時刻來襲，小小的一個中度颱風竟然搞得台北、基隆大淹水，房子、汽車、農產等財物損失慘重之外，截至發稿前已知有五十幾名同胞喪失了生命，失蹤人數仍在增加中，真是令人痛心疾首。