While both sides of the Taiwan Strait were preparing to take stock of the last 50 years, the founder of the Hong Kong magazine Newsdom, Pu Shao-fu, said: "In the mainland, the last 50 years can be summed up with one Chinese character: 'gao' [push, muck about with], as in 'push revolution, class struggle, and economics.'
創辦香港「新聞天地」的老報人卜少夫，在兩岸回顧五十年的前夕說：「這五十年，大陸可用一個字來形容，就是『搞』：搞革命、搞鬥爭、搞經濟；台灣也可以用一個字來形容，就是『拚』，拚死拚活拚出頭。