Some native-born Taiwanese made a mockery of the people from mainland China and affirmed partially and relatively the Japanese ruling, saying, "dogs (annoying but useful = Japanese) left and pigs (which did nothing but eat = mainland Chinese) came" (狗走猪擱來).
このため一部の本省人は「犬（煩いかわりに役には立つ）の代わりに豚（食べるばかりで役たたず）が来た」（狗走豬擱來）と大陸からやってきた人間を揶揄し、日本の統治時代を部分的・相対的に肯定した。