In Taipei City, mountains of onions sold at supermarket chains are mostly imported from the US or New Zealand. Meanwhile, farmers on the Hengchun Peninsula are growing superior grade onions that can't find any buyers, so that the farmers are forced to sell them by the road for the pittance of NT $ 1 (about three US cents) per onion.
台北大賣場中堆積如山的洋蔥，多半是從美國、紐西蘭漂洋過海的進口貨，屏東恆春半島出產的大批優質洋蔥卻因為賣不出去，被迫就地以一顆一元的賤價，在公路旁叫賣兜售。