Ten years after the retreat, their children were growing up, but the fear of the Communists remained at almost fever pitch. There was discrimination against Taiwanese; the influence of Japanese culture was in decline, while that of American culture was on the rise. For these many reasons, the 1960s were a peculiar period in Taiwan's history.
十年過去，他們的下一代在此出生、成長，恐共心理尚未退潮的歇斯底里情緒，省籍的歧見，日本文化的消退，美國文化的增強，使一九六○年代的台灣成為一個奇異的時空。