This terrified Shee, who was accustomed to being critical about affairs in Taiwan with his friends. Moreover, with Shee living away from his homeland for so long, none of his three children could speak Chinese. They didn't like visiting Taiwan, and they all married people born in the US.
而長久與故土隔絕，施哲三的三個孩子均不會講中文，不喜歡來台灣，婚姻對象也都是美國當地人，是施哲三最遺憾的事。