The world situation became changeable and unpredictable with the terrorist wave of 1967, the movement to protect the Tiaoyutai islands, the endless stream of refugees, the stock market storm of 1973, and the two oil crises of 1974 and 1979. Deep at heart, confidence in the future was beginning to collapse.
一九六七年的左派土製炸彈潮；七○年代保釣，加上大陸無日無之的逃亡、偷渡潮；七三年股市風暴；七四年與七九年間兩次石油危機；面對世局的白雲蒼狗，內心深處，對未來的信心開始崩潰。