Tu Cheng-sheng, a member of the Academia Sinica, who chaired the editorial and review board for the book's "Society" section, says that if anyone offers actual evidence of how the text is in error, he would certainly be willing to accept such criticism, but he refuses to debate those whose attacks stem from political ideology.
中央研究院院士、「社會篇」的編審主任委員杜正勝也說，編委儘量避免意識形態，如果任何人能提出實據證明教科書的錯誤，他絕對可以接受，但是無法就政治立場出發的爭議進行辯論。