Students from Taiwan studying in Japan watched as that country moved in the direction of the rule of law, protection of individual rights, economic prosperity, and political democracy. The contrast of what they saw there with Taiwan, where people were filled with resentment at discrimination and economic exploitation, was naturally infuriating.
台灣的留日學生目睹日本國內厲行法治，人權受到保障，經濟繁榮、政治民主；而反觀台灣，人民飽受歧視、經濟遭受榨取，悲憤之情油然而生。