On 20 May 2024, Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim were sworn in as the Republic of China’s (ROC) 16th President and Vice-President. For the first time in Taiwan's history, a party was chosen for the third consecutive term. President Lai called this “breaking the eight-year curse”. The inaugural speech of President Lai was titled “Building a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous new Taiwan”—a speech much awaited by analysts. This piece would like to understand how different and similar President Lai’s inaugural speech was compared to his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen’s speech in 2016 and 2020.