But memory is formed out of a process of selection that is highly contingent upon one's surroundings. Living under authoritarian rule in the early days following the war, says Nanfang Shuo, "The people of Taiwan began to have good associations with the era of Japanese rule, and the more this sentiment was exaggerated, the more their memory of the times was distorted."
在戰後初期高壓統治與不公平對待下，「台灣人開始選擇過去日本殖民政府『好』的記憶，日本情結越來越被放大，台灣人的記憶，已經扭曲了，」南方朔認為。