Before going abroad, he'd placed hope in the "socialist motherland" of China, but after reading reports about the Cultural Revolution, he started to feel deep illusion.
出國前，他對「社會主義祖國」──中國──懷抱憧憬，然而有關文化大革命的報導，將他一步步推向疑惑、失望終至幻滅的深淵。