An elderly gent named Chang, who left Taiwan 20 years ago and returned a couple of years ago, is amazed when he sees cartoons lampooning national leaders or when radio commentators say national figures '" brains are on the fritz. "Is this is the same country that he left all those years ago because of its suffocating and oppressive atmosphere?
去國二十多年的張老先生，前年回來，看到報紙上大幅的國家領導人諷刺漫畫，聽到收音機裡罵國家領導人「頭殼壞去」，他驚嚇地不敢相信，這竟是當年壓迫感無處不在、空氣令人窒息，使他憤憤逃離的同一個國家？