Scholarly advice is everywhere in Taiwan.
If government officials really cared to hear scholars' voices, reading newspapers and watching TV would suffice. The government's shortcomings have little to do with their understanding of the situation rather with how to solve them. Often, scholarly advice is too theoretical or inappropriate to be realized. However, since scholars hold a highly respected position in Chinese society, government officials have little choice but to smile and accept their advice. The ideal situation would be if politicians strove to continually improve themselves and scholars kept to their own fields of study.