Ethnomusicologist Lin Ku-fang thinks that in Taiwan, discussion about art gets muddled by political considerations. Various arts are distinguished not by the depth and quality of their artistry, but by their ethnic or geographic origins.
民族音樂學者林谷芳認為台灣談文化，常以政治考量模糊了藝術本質，把藝術以族群、地域來分，而不是以本身的厚度來論。