Chen Ma-ling, a Taiwanese Opera performer nearing 70, sits reciting the names of others who, like herself, ended up in mainland China after the founding of the People's Republic. "Of those of us who came over from Taiwan, I may be the only one left.
「台灣來的，可能只存我一個了，」將近七十歲的歌仔戲老藝人陳瑪玲一一數著其他滯留大陸的歌仔戲藝人表示。