It is sad that it has been impossible to develop such a 'cultural middle class' in Taiwan at any time, "says Nan Fang-su, a writer for the Journalist newsweekly and an in-depth observer of cultural affairs.
可惜這種『文化中產階級』在台灣卻始終培養不起來」，對文化事務有深刻觀察的新新聞週刊主筆南方朔指出。