Published after Bo Yang's article Golden Triangle, Border Region, Wasteland, the book Mountain People caused quite a stir in Chinese communities the world over in the '80s as it brought to light the plight of forgotten war orphans in northern Burma and Thailand.
遠在泰緬邊區，《異域》一書中殘留下來的孤軍苗裔，在當年柏楊的《金三角、邊區、荒域》延續報導時，曾經轟動世界各華人社會。