Shortly after the Taiwan Straits missile crisis of 1996, Mr. Chang made a trip back to Taiwan to visit old friends. Although he had originally been on very close terms with these friends, their speech now revealed traces of envy. "Hey, you're an American now, you don't have to worry about anything!"
前年三月中共飛彈演習後不久，張老先生回台訪友，原屬知交的老友，言詞間竟表露出又羨又妒之意，老朋友一句「喲，你現在是美國人，什麼都不怕啦！」