Indeed, seeing and reporting on the constant political and diplomatic clashes between China and Japan before war broke out between them, and the Chinese people's boycott and burning of Japanese goods, threw Wu San-lien's feelings into turmoil.
的確，中日戰爭爆發前，吳三連眼見中國與日本之間不斷在政治、外交方面發生衝突，中國人民抵制日貨、燒燬洩恨等事件，他在採訪、報導時，心中十分掙扎。