The once important October 25 Retrocession Day holiday has slowly faded from memory since its removal from the rolls of national holidays during Lee Teng-hui ’ s presidency. Nowadays, we no longer speak forcefully of our “ victory in the war of resistance, ” but instead talk almost ruefully of “ Japan ’ s surrender. ”
自從李登輝總統時代取消放假後，一度是全國最重要節日的 10 月 25 日「台灣光復節」，似乎已逐漸從國人的記憶中淡出，而以往激昂鼓舞的「抗戰勝利」，也被充滿日本追悔意味的「終戰」一詞取代。