It was only then that he discovered that his mother, Maysing Yang, and his father, Yang Tzu-hsiung, had long thrown themselves into the Taiwan human rights and democracy movements. When his parents had carried him in one arm and waved flags with the other, it was all so that the people in their ancestral home could live better lives.
他才了解，母親楊黃美幸與父親楊次雄，長年致力於台灣人權和民主運動；而當時父母一手抱著他、一手搖旗吶喊，都是為了讓祖國的人民過得更好。