Many have the impression that overseas Chinese are "patriotic lovers of their homeland" and that "though their bodies may be in a barbarian land, their spirits are in China." But overseas Chinese who love their country sometimes have difficulty justifying why they do.
對於僑胞，很多人都會有「愛國愛鄉」、「身在番邦心在漢」等的印象。然而，僑胞愛國，有時竟無法愛得理直氣壯。