Tsai Chin-shan says that the islanders 'great ambition was for better links between poor, lonely Hsiao Liuchiu and Taiwan, or "over there" as the locals sometimes call it.
蔡金山指出，小琉球孤懸海外，物資缺乏，和「彼邊」世界（琉球人稱台灣本島）的聯繫，是沈寂鄉間的最大渴盼。