"With the abolition of martial law, political pressure from the public was a key factor (in the decision)," says Chou Shu-ching, who earned her Ph.D. in education from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Legislators were seeking to end the system of nationally-standardized textbooks in an effort to liberalize Taiwanese education.
「解嚴後政治力量的介入，是其中關鍵」，師範大學教育研究所博士周淑卿表示，立法委員們藉著打破國定教科書的專斷，進而要求教育自由化，解構威權的味道很濃。