This year is the 60th anniversary of the Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the years immediately following the war, mainland Chinese veterans took part proudly in a range of commemorative events, but in recent years, with times relatively peaceful, these veterans have found it hard to face the fact that Taiwanese society has cooled toward celebrating that same victory.
今年是「抗戰勝利 60 週年」，早年此時，外省老兵們總是光榮地出席各種中樞勝利紀念活動，對照之下，近幾年的沈寂，難免令他們難以釋懷。