"Taiwan has tremendous manufacturing capabilities," says Lin, "but most manufacturers have chosen the cost-cutting, mass-production route." He compares manufacturing to test-taking: when the questions are easy and everyone can answer them, you can't tell who really knows their stuff.
「台灣有很強的製造力，但多走降低成本、大量生產的路線，」林正義說，好比考試，題目簡單，人人都會，根本分不出本領高下。