In the past, the Hong Kong publishing industry served as a cultural mediator between mainland China and Taiwan. Taiwanese writers Chiung Yao and San Mao and mainland writers like Mo Yan and Wang Anyi were introduced by Hong Kong publishers to readers on the other side of the Taiwan Strait. But just like old writers, old mediators can easily become anachronisms.
香港出版界曾經在兩岸交流的初期扮演過文化仲介角色，台灣的瓊瑤、三毛，大陸的莫言、王安憶等，都是透過香港的出版業者，引介給海峽兩岸，但這樣的角色就如同年邁的作家，很容易讓時勢洗盡鉛華。