PRC premier Zhu Rongji's saber-rattling speech on the eve of the election is also seen as having aroused resentment among Taiwan's electorate, and thus given Chen Shui-bian a last-minute boost.
而中共總理朱鎔基選前威脅台灣選民的談話，也被認為是造成選民反感，轉而支持陳水扁的臨門一腳。