A decade or so ago I observed some of the differences between Taiwanese and mainland students. At the time I remember noticing that the mainland students were older and seemed a bit more serious-perhaps they or their families had gone through the Cultural Revolution, and had witnessed the darker side of human nature. Taiwanese, on the other hand, looked a lot more energetic and innocent.
十年前我看兩岸學生的差異，當時覺得大陸留學生年紀較大，可能自己經歷過文革或長輩經過文革，個性較深沉，看過人性陰暗一面；而台灣學生較開放、活潑，這是過去的分別。