In October 1989, there appeared in a newspaper a reader's letter which revealed the following reasoning for opposing the system of electing overseas representatives to the Legislative Yuan: "The great majority of the so-called 30 million overseas Chinese compatriots, no-matter whether they are old or new overseas Chinese, have sworn allegiance to the foreigners of their country; those who still carry ROC passports are as rare as the morning stars."
七十八年十月的一份報紙上，一封讀者投書在表示反對僑選立委制度時就這麼寫道，「所謂海外三千萬僑胞，不管是老僑、新僑，絕大多數是已宣誓效忠他國的外國人；仍持中華民國護照者，寥若晨星……」現實的大富翁