Yen Hsin-heng points out that in advanced democratic countries such as Britain or the USA, important records such as State Department and ministerial files are released for academic research at regular intervals once events have moved on and the need for confidentiality has passed.
閻沁恆指出，譬如英美等民主先進國家，重要檔案如國務院檔案、各政府機關檔案等，都會在事過境遷、機密性已失後，定期開放，供學術研究。