Don Shapiro, a special correspondent in Taipei for Time, says that the biggest advantages of old Taipei hands and senior Asia reporters are that they understand local opinion well, and have better contacts to get interviews with key people.
時代週刊駐台兼任特派員沙蕩表示，有長期駐台特派員和就近派遣亞洲資深記者的最大優勢是，一來較能掌握當地輿情，二來人脈豐富，較易採訪到關鍵人士。