When parliamentarians asked leading members of the government their opinions about the book's prediction of an impending armed attack on Taiwan by communist China, Premier Lien Chan commented that the author was overly pessimistic about his country's future, and w e should not attach too much importance to his views.
當民意代表詢問政府首長對書中武力犯台一說有何看法時，行政院長連戰表示，作者對國家前途充滿灰色思想，不必太過重視。