In past years Communist China has tried to lure overseas Chinese back to participate in their own October first celebration.
海外僑胞，也如候鳥般紛紛歸來，要與國內同胞一起為中華民國慶生。僑胞自付旅費，兼程回國近幾年來，中共積極對海外僑界展開統戰，以故鄉的山川明月為號召，吸引僑胞「回國」探親、觀光。