There was only a scattering of overseas Chinese in Europe 27 or 28 years ago, and the term "overseas Chinese community" was practically unheard of. As few as we were, under the shadow of the political climate of the time, we fell into two clearly defined camps, the line crossed only by a handful.
二十七、八年前的歐洲，華僑寥寥可數，「僑社」更是從未聽過的名詞，僅有的那麼幾個自己同胞，又受那時的政治氣候影響，壁壘分明，來往者僅三五個人。