Taiwan had the opportunity to absorb Western thought through Japan, but there are no painful memories of the complete abandonment or smashing of the traditional culture as in mainland China. Surrounded on all sides by water, they have had abundant interaction with the outside world, and have naturally absorbed some of the more outstanding values of Western civilization.
台灣有機會經日本吸收西方思潮，卻沒有中國要全面拋棄、打倒固有文化的慘痛記憶，又因四面環海，與外界接觸頻繁，自然吸納西方文明中某些優異的價值觀。