Ng Kim Chew says, "Taiwanese readers are not interested in Southeast-Asian literature. They are more receptive to translations of English- and Japanese-language works." He thinks that the local educational system has left Taiwan's readers unable to form a broader view of place and history.
「台灣讀者對東南亞文學不感興趣，對英美、日本翻譯作品的接受度更大」，黃錦樹認為，台灣的教育，使大家無法建構一個較寬廣的歷史、地理視野。