There was a strong spirit of Chinese patriotism, but KMT rule turned out to be anything but what the people were hoping for. Suppose somebody kidnaps a boy. That child would long for his mother to come and take him back home. But now suppose that the mother actually does take him back home, and she turns out to be even more cruel than the kidnappers.
光復後台灣人曾那麼期待、心向祖國，這就好比一個孩子被壞人擄走了後，天天盼著親娘來接他回家，沒想到回家後這個親娘比壞人更兇殘，這對台灣人感情的傷害是很大的。