Although the Nationalists had seized power, it lacked its own central authority and unifying government and was dominated by war lords and by colonial powers, the latter at its major seaports.

• 而年长程先生10岁的谢先生虽然资产已一倍于程的安全线，但同样“心里总有一丝隐隐的不安，因为他这个年龄段的人留有对文革的清晰记忆，对社会动荡有着更多的恐惧”。