Many years ago the Father of the Republic, Sun Yat-sen, described the overseas Chinese as "the mothers of the revolution." His words stand in breathtaking contrast with the egg-throwing incident of two years ago.
早年，國父孫中山先生所說的「華僑為革命之母」這句話言猶在耳，若拿兩年前發生的丟雞蛋事件相映照，則令人欷歔不已。