Dear Editor:
After completing my undergraduate education in Taiwan and performing my military service, I did my graduate studies in Japan, where I have since worked as a professor of Chinese philosophy and literature at several Japanese universities. Three years ago, I began using articles in Sinorama and Sinorama's book Trademarks of the Chinese as teaching materials. They have been well received, and several students have asked how to subscribe for themselves.
Men don't cry easily, but after I read the September (overseas) edition of Sinorama, I was brought to tears. I can't remember which article it was that so moved me. The truth is that every month there are so many articles that pluck the heartstrings-stories about events and stories about people, ranging in topic from politics, society and culture to technology and economics. All of them take me from abstract notions about Taiwan to the concrete realities of the actual place.
Of course, readers' ages, cultural backgrounds and interests differ, and they have different likes as regards content. Editing a magazine that appeals to both young and old is no easy feat, and one can imagine how hard the staff must work. But only an objective, comprehensive, far-sighted and feeling report is sure to meet with reader approval.
Apart from giving encouragement to all of the staff at Sinorama, I would also like to say that I hope to continue to enjoy the reports that are the fruits of such labor for years to come.
Correction
In the January edition of Sinorama (February overseas edition) several mistakes were made in the article "From Russia to Taiwan: Remembering Chiang Ching-kuo. On page 18, the passage "the May 1940 retreat from Zhoushan and Hainan" should read, "the 1950 retreat from Zhoushan." On page 21, where it reads "1940: Responsible for evacuating Hainan and Zhoushan," it should read, "1950: Greeted the troops arriving at Keelung after evacuating Zhoushan." And on page 21, a caption that reads, "In April of 1977 he visited a China Steel mill" should read, "In 1976 he inspected the construction of the elevated freeway at Yuanshan."
