Abroad, reflecting about home Those were stormy times for Taiwan. In 1978, the US broke off diplomatic relations with the ROC. To establish themselves in their careers, elite students couldn't help but seek to "go first to NTU and then to America."
去國懷鄉，反思家國畢業後正逢台灣局勢風雨飄搖，1978 年中美斷交，為求安身立命、事業發展，菁英學子莫不以「來台大、去美國」自許。