"The generation born on Taiwan, because of a fault line in history, can't find its spiritual roots," wrote Chang Tso-chin, deputy director of the World Journal, calling this "the ahistorical generation."
「台灣出生的一代由於歷史的斷層，精神找不到根！」美國世界日報總社副社長張作錦在一篇名為「為方勵之『坐監惜別』」的文章中，稱此為「沒有歷史感的一代」。