The same holds true wherever Hakkas congregate, be it Tahiti, Calcutta .... "For a Taiwanese Hakka," says Yang, "the Hakka community itself is their homeland. For Taiwanese of Fujian extraction, however, their homeland is Taiwan." The Fujianese have thrown off their emotional ties to Fujian Province and declared, "I am Taiwanese."
「對台灣客家人來說，他的本土就是客家；對台灣福佬人來說，他的本土卻是指台灣」，楊長鎮表示，當台灣福佬人已擺脫閩南的原鄉情懷而生根台灣、高喊「我是台灣人！」