In the present decade, mention the provincial complex and most people think it is a topic of conversation well past its shelf life; only politicians would bother to reheat such an old dish.
到了民國八十年代的今天，說起省籍情結，大部分的人都認為那是過時陳腐的話題了，只有政治人物才會捧著冷飯當熱鍋。