Yet for decades now the economy of the sparsely populated Matsu archipelago has been heavily dependent on these "passers-through" -from soldiers in the early days to Taiwanese businessmen and tourists today.
長期以來，人口稀少的馬祖列島來來往往的，其實都是這樣的過客：從早期的阿兵哥，到現在的台商和觀光客。過客萍蹤不定，馬祖人的經濟卻得仰賴他們。