Here, the coming of a "new era" refers neither to future political changes on Taiwan, nor to future economic development, although they both will undergo marked changes in the later half of the eighties.
這裡，「新時代」的來臨既不是指未來台灣地區的政治變遷，也不是將來的經濟發展，雖然兩者在一九八○年代的後半期均已蓄積相當大的變化能量，正是「山雨欲來風滿樓」的景象。