Today, 37 years ago, on November 19, 1988 (October 11, 1988), Taiwan authorities allowed Taiwanese National Party soldiers to return home. On November 19, 1988, the China Times and the United Journal in the headline: The National Party decision-making department has decided to allow Taiwanese National Party soldiers to return to the mainland. Currently, specific measures are being studied, scheduled to be implemented before December 1988. National Party officials estimate that there are approximately 2,7 million Taiwanese compatriots currently staying on the mainland, including about 1,000 Taiwanese provincial elderly soldiers. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Taiwan initially considered opening old, weak, sick, and unrelated Taiwanese old soldiers to return to Taiwan. On November 22, the Taiwanese Border Administration first approved a Taiwanese elderly soldier to return to visit