The February 28 Incident was a taboo subject for their parents, but now the government is apologizing and carrying out research and many books are forthcoming (see p. 96). In the past, we could only dream of the mighty Yellow River and the Yangtze; now, we have soap operas in the gardens of southern China, and mainland pop concerts are already a matter of course (p. 110).
在他們父母的一代，「二．二八」是不可碰觸的禁忌，現在政府主動研究、民間專書成林（第九十六頁）；過去，黃河長江只有「澎湃洶湧在夢裡」，如今連續劇裡的江南庭園、影歌紅星的大陸演唱會（第一百一十頁），已經理所當然。