The media often reports on Taiwanese companies abroad that are rolling in orders and expanding rapidly. Shoe and clothing factories spring up into little towns, hiring workers by the hundreds and thousands as Taiwan entrepreneurs lick their lips over the huge reservoirs of cheap labor in mainland China and Southeast Asia.
報章上不時報導著外移台商訂單不斷、大肆擴廠的榮景，鞋廠衣廠自成一個小鎮，招工動輒成百上千名，大陸及東南亞充沛廉價的勞動力令企業主開懷振奮。