The magazine looks outward because Taiwan is a small island, poor in natural resources and dependent on exports. And as the international marketplace is highly competitive, what goes on in the rest of the world is of extreme importance.
那是因台灣是個海島，地方小，資源有限，經濟主要靠外銷；而我國產品在世界市場上面臨的激烈競爭，已使我們不能再閉關自守、坐井觀天。