Indeed, if you change some of the words around, this could easily be a description of Taiwan. Taiwan is a young island, yet has passed through so many trials. In each era, there have been stories that match those that happened in Troy, just slightly different in form.
「當我第一次讀到這段文字，眼淚奪眶而出，在我心裡響起的聲音並不是『特洛伊』，這段文字只要抽換幾個名詞，就可以變成『台灣』；台灣是個年輕卻歷盡滄桑的島嶼，在各個年代，都有如特洛伊版本的故事發生，只是規模大小不一。