In the 1970s, dissident writer Li Ao, long watched by the security services, was finally arrested. The political atmosphere grew increasingly tense as the PRC stepped up its international pressure on the ROC.
回到民國六十年，以《傳統下的獨白》風靡當時文壇的異議作家李敖在多年被情治人員「盯哨」後終於被捕入獄，政治氛圍的緊縮與台灣在國際上的空間日蹙幾成正比。