NTU history professor Wu Mi-cha, who has close ties with Okinawa, states: "In Taiwan, we feel buffeted by historical forces totally beyond our control. You can tell that to someone from Japan proper and they won't necessarily understand how you feel, but someone from Okinawa will know exactly what you're talking about."
「談起被歷史播弄的感情，日本其他地區的人不一定懂，但沖繩人一聽就懂了」，經常接觸沖繩人的台大歷史系教授吳密察說。