In fact many overseas Chinese have long given up the idea of returning to their hometown to live. They don't really care if they get their houses back; they just want the Communist Party to acknowledge its mistake.If the house is returned to them in name only, this is a form of psychological compensation, and that's often enough.
其實許多僑胞根本已斷了返鄉定居、落葉歸根的念頭，他們也並不真想要回房子，只要中共承認當年的錯誤，名義上還給他，有一點面子和心理上的補償作用，也就夠了。