"This is similar to what many Southeast Asian spouses experience. They lead lives completely separate and distinct from those of locals," confides Gu Yu-ling, secretary-general of the Taiwan International Workers Association, "The paradox is that on the one hand, we want to internationalize and welcome foreigners and their cultures into Taiwan, but once they're in, we push them far away from us.
「這種現象，跟目前許多東南亞籍配偶的遭遇一樣：她們和本地人的生活其實是楚河漢界、截然分明的，」台灣國際勞工協會秘書長顧玉玲說，「但這其實是很吊詭的，一方面我們希望國際化，讓外國人和多元文化進來，但他們進來後，我們卻把他們隔的遠遠的。