For overseas Chinese who have lived abroad many years, the Chinese-language education of their children has always been a source of emotional pain. Neither sticking to it or giving up is entirely satisfactory. For Taiwanese businessmen who live overseas temporarily or government officials who are stationed abroad, the problem of their children's education is comparatively less serious but can not be neglected, either.
對移民在外多年的僑民而言，子女的中文教育一直是父母心中的「痛」，執著也不是，放棄也不對；對暫居海外的台商或我民間或官方的駐外人員而言，子女教育問題雖較小，卻也不容忽視。