In the early days after the evacuation to Taiwan, before Chiang had consolidated his power, the Central Daily News was still fiercely objective and was frequently criticized by the government as being "a party paper that does not resemble a party paper."
初退台灣，蔣尚未統攬權力，「中央日報」仍勇猛可觀，每遭當局以「黨報不像黨報」為斥。