So insistent was Chen’s campaign that it reminded some people of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, a time when Chinese were divided into “us” and “them.” Indeed, under Chen’s policy, Taiwan nearly became a rigidly divided society, where “local” and “not native” Chinese lived as potential enemies.
陈水扁发动的这场运动是如此坚持不懈，甚至令某些人回想起了当年毛泽东发动的文化大革命，那时整个中国都被分裂成“敌”“我”两派。而事实上在陈水扁的政策之下，台湾社会几近分裂，变成一个“本地”和“非本地”华人互相视为潜在敌人的社会。