The communications of overseas Chinese with the motherland in the nineteenth century were blocked, but their feelings were still very intense, "points out C.J. Chen. From revolution, founding the nation, the Northern Expedition, the Sino-Japanese War, the period of martial law, to today, the fortunes of the overseas Chinese have always been linked with those of the ROC.
十九世紀的華僑，與祖國交通阻隔，但感情反而濃密」，程建人指出，中華民國由革命、建國、北伐、抗戰、動員戡亂到今天，華僑與我們的命運一直連在一起。