Taiwanese pundit Guo Zhengliang said on a program that Xiao S is a thorough deep blue who has never been vague on major questions of right and wrong, that one cannot equate the two just because she has partnered with Kevin Tsai for more than ten years, and that he once lived upstairs and downstairs from Xiao S and knows what kind of person she is.
In an interview, Kevin Tsai spoke about it being nearly ten months since Big S's passing, saying that he attended the Golden Bell Awards not to present an award but to accompany Little S back into the public eye, and that he had designed the award-acceptance segment in advance.
The Taiwan Affairs Office responded to the related online controversy, saying it would conduct an in-depth investigation and handle it, while pointing suspicion at certain political forces in Taiwan.
Voice of the Strait published a post stating that Taiwanese people live in a different environment, so their everyday vocabulary cannot be required to be identical to that of mainland China, and said that Little S's use of the term "national player" is perfectly normal in Taiwan.
During the Tokyo Olympics, Dee Hsu (Xiao S) was attacked by netizens and labeled as a supporter of Taiwan independence after referring to Taiwanese athletes as 'national athletes.' Four Chinese brands announced the termination of their endorsement contracts with her within a single day.
On June 18, 2008, in an episode of Kangsi Coming, female entertainer Xiang Ying showed a T-shirt printed with the Tibet independence flag, and hosts Kevin Tsai and Little S did not interrupt or correct her at any point. After the episode aired, mainland netizens condemned the show and demanded that it be banned; Kangsi Coming issued a statement saying it would reflect on the matter.