Still, as Hugh Lin states, "When you make up 20 % of the population, you have no right to be pessimistic." Even though the Hakka movement has produced few concrete achievements in the past decade, it has spurred a lot of thought, introspection, publicity, and alliances. As a result, Taiwan is now at the forefront of a worldwide Hakka movement.
不過，正如台北市民政局長林正修所說的，佔有人口數百分之二十的客家族群，沒有悲觀的權利，更何況，儘管客家運動在台十年斬獲不大，但經過這段時間的思辯、反省、鼓吹與結盟，已使得台灣儼然成為全球客家運動的中心。