Professor Lin Tsung-yi of Kaohsiung Medical College observes that because of the period Taiwan spent under Japanese rule, many old people now aged over 60 received a Japanese education, and so are very different in terms of both language and values from the younger generation, who have been influenced by Western culture.
高雄醫學院教授林宗義指出，早期台灣因受日本統治，許多現今六十歲以上的老人接受的是日本教育，因此，語言、價值觀都與受西方文化影響的下一代有很大的差異。