As Yang Chung-mei points out, there are as many as 40,000 Chinese students in Japan, second only to the number in the United States. The Chinese community in Japan covers a wide range, including students, overseas Chinese, high level cadres and technicians.
楊中美指出，目前留日的大陸同學總共有四萬人，留學生人數之多，僅次於美國，而它的層面也非常廣，學者、華僑、高級幹部、技術人員等都有，民運果真發動起來，影響將十分深遠。