Although the "New Nation Front" faction of the DPP and the Taiwan Independence Party do affirm that the text breaks through 50 years of stereotypes, they argue that it could do more to put Taiwan at the center.
如新國家陣線和建國黨雖肯定《認識台灣》能夠突破五十年來的窠臼，但也提出應更以台灣為本位。