Although Taiwan's two English newspapers each have more than 40 years of history, their targeted readership has changed dramatically. In their early years, they appealed almost exclusively to foreigners, especially to the American troops posted here when the United States was participating in Taiwan's defense.
而台灣的兩家英文報雖然都有四十多年歷史，但創辦初期英文報訴諸的主要讀者是外籍人士，尤其是美軍協防台灣時的大量駐台美軍。