But now our pussyfooting policymakers threaten to stand between Taiwan's paddy rice researchers and their chance at leadership in the field; it is not hard to imagine the frustration that Yu must be feeling.
曾幾何時，台灣的水稻基因研究卻因為政策的裹足不前，而逐漸喪失先機，余淑美的沈痛可以想見。