Even home liquor cabinets, once devoted exclusively to foreign name brands, have been invaded by "upstart cousins" from the mainland. Although not all of these trends have begun only in the past half-year, "allowing visits to relatives on the mainland has intensified the 'mainland fever' and inundated us with new information," an expert points out.
這些現象雖不見得全是開放大陸探親之後才有，「但探親強化了『大陸熱』，使一向有限的大陸資訊，忽然不斷冒出來」，一名專家指出。