The story itself would have attracted little attention were it not for a few details: the setting was California and the victim was from Taiwan.
這件看似尋常的青少年毆鬥案在報上刊登後，不但在國內引起相當大的震撼，甚至牽聯到整個留學政策。原因是案發的地點在美國加州，被殺一刀的中學生和他的夥伴都來自台灣，小留學生間所存在的一些問題，就此在國內的新聞媒介上傳了開來。