In 1949, when the ROC government fled here from the mainland, Taiwan became a lonely isle bulwark against communist China. In those precarious times, the two English-language papers were founded with the idea of "opening international eyes and ears."
民國三十八年政府撤退來台，台灣情勢孤立，面對中共威脅、險惡的國際情勢，兩家英文報都是為了「打開國際視聽」而辦。