As Taiwan changes by leaps and bounds, the nine million workers concentrated in its major urban areas are confronted with global competition and the information age, yet at the same time the old values and authoritarian system of agricultural society persist. Old and new values conflict.
飛躍中的台灣，一方面，九百萬專業勞工聚集在高度都市化的城市中，面對的是全球競爭與資訊時代；另一方面，舊有農業社會價值觀和威權體制仍然殘存，新舊價值捍格不一。