The periodic financial wrestling matches between the central government and local governments, as well as among the different county and municipal governments, do indeed involve many complex issues, such as the limits of central versus local authority, the design of the tax system, and basic economic differences between the cities and the countryside. But these disputes also reflect the harsh realties of local governments 'long-term financial distress.
這些定期上演的中央與地方、縣市與縣市間的財政角力，儘管涉及中央地方權限、稅制設計乃至城鄉差距等等複雜的議題，但都同樣反映出地方財政長期困窘的嚴酷現實。