Mr Chen upset the KMT by bringing to an end its half-century of rule in Taiwan and by tackling the government bureaucracy which was long accustomed to KMT influence.

• 他的上任结束了国民党对台湾半个世纪的统治并改变了长期习惯于国民党政府的官僚政治局面，这使得国民党甚为恼火。