Chen spent several years in Japan and saw for himself the success of Japan's community movement. He thinks that whether you are concerned about a place or a group of people doesn't matter; both are "communities."
留日多年，親眼見證日本社區運動的成就，陳其南認為，不論人們關心的是一個地區或一群人，都可以稱之為「社區」。