This essay presents a discussion on the difficult post-war situation of people educated in the pre-colonial period, such as Wu Cho-Liu. Speechless and struggling over self identities, Wu Cho-Liu started exploring “consciousness of Asian orphans.” As a typical example of Taiwan native newspapermen, he shared their heritage, and the hegemonic KMT regime repressed his career through the mechanism of “selective tradition,” leading him to become one of the “lost generation.” However, after martial law ceased, those nearly dead heritage of Taiwan society were resurrected in a new “selective tradition” process. It shows important perspectives for understanding the current Taiwan media ecosystem.