Economic Trend 07 -- The Secret of High Growth: A Look Ahead at Cross-Strait Digital Competition

Author: Huang Qinyong
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Most of Taiwan's information industry output comes from overseas production hubs, with mainland China being the most important production base for Taiwanese businesses abroad. Labor-intensive computer component production has long vanished from Taiwan: scanners with complete production and sales systems have shifted their production centers to Dongguan and Suzhou; even Taiwan's pride, notebook computers, have many manufacturers rapidly relocating their production lines to mainland China. As mainland China's information product output is about to surpass Taiwan, what attitude should Taiwan adopt in the face of this changing environment? Since 1988, the author has made multiple trips to mainland China. The book records his emotional fluctuations under titles such as "A Technologically Advanced China," "Ancient China's New Century," "China's Brand Dream," "Rise of the East," and "Mainland China's Challenges and Taiwan's Path."