After the reforms of the 1980s, Chinese living abroad regained communication with their hometown. In order to make up for the miseries their hometowns had suffered, overseas Chinese were particularly generous.
一九八○年代改革開放後，海外華人、華僑重新和僑鄉通了信息，為了加倍補償受苦的家鄉與親人，僑胞總是特別慷慨。