Li says that, while there are not many differences across nations in math and natural science texts, texts invariably emphasize their own basic cultures and traditions. But some of Taiwan's new textbooks have far too much of a Japanese flavor for her taste. In one lesson in a social-studies text, a well-known Japanese comic book character is used as the example. "Why wasn't some figure from our own country used?
李宗薇表示，數學、自然科各國也許差異不大，但在各國的國小語文、社會教科書，無不強調基本文化與傳統，現今社會科一些版本的編輯內容，明顯有東洋味，圖繪中，日本漫畫人物櫻木花道成了範例，這讓她質疑，「為何不用我國的人物，四郎真平、孫悟空不好嗎？」