Fair and impartial

Liu is also a successful author, in fact the All Quiet in Peking, is actually based on his novel of the same name. A lover of historical fiction, Liu explained that his work requires a special respect for history. In his mind, when people begin to ignore the reality of history, they deny themselves a future. As such he has taken great pains to be objective when it comes to looking at the civil war that took place between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist forces during the 1940s.

In an interview with the Oriental Morning Post, Liu showed his confidence that Taiwanese audiences would also be able to accept the drama, as he feels that it is fair and objective when it comes to its portrayal of the KMT. "My wish is to produce something that Chinese people around the world can approve of."

"My conception of history is fair. And my audiences and readers are not stupid. My books sell well in Taiwan and are recommended by many celebrities and the media there. If you're fair, your books will definitely be accepted," Liu told the Global Times, explaining the only difference between the Chinese mainland and the Taiwan version of the novel All Quiet in Bejiing is that the traditional Chinese version hasn't been published yet.

One of the more attractive aspects of All Quiet in Peking is that the story is not portrayed as a conflict between good and evil, but as a game between idealists with different ways of looking at things. Some main roles, such as Fang Meng'ao, Zeng Keda and even Liang Jinglun, all have their own dreams for the nation and the people but are equally bound by the limitations of reality. As the story progresses we can see how people in both the Communist Party and the KMT worked hard for China and what happened to prevent them from reaching their goals.