With the resulting hubbub, Taiwan's newspapers were still talking about what Porter said long after he left. Vice Premier Hsu Li-teh praised Porter for being enlightening and "gently prodding." Lee Yuen-tseh, president of the Academia Sinica, was less enthusiastic: "These ideas have long been stated by people in Taiwan."
行政院副院長徐立德稱許波特帶來「溫柔的刺激」、極具啟發性；中央研究院院長李遠哲則直言「這些意見國內早有人說過了」。