The image of the Chinese as hard working, though, is probably easiest to believe for today's middle-aged generation, who came to maturity in the period of the great project of national revival when the values stressed were those of nation-building and recovering the mainland.
至少對於成長於「臥薪嘗膽、勤儉建國，反攻大陸、解救同胞」口號下的中年一代而言，以「刻苦耐勞」為中國人的典型，恐怕是比較能夠讓人信服的說法。