"They went through stuff for two days and didn't find a thing." In the martial law era, it was hard for historians of the modern era to avoid offending the authorities. Wang feels that the reason nothing ever happened to Liu was "he had protection from many important figures in the party and government."
戒嚴時期研究當代史易得罪當道，王愛生認為，劉社長在當年能不出事，「跟許多相熟黨政要員力保可能有關」，她說。