Take for example the Japanese Matsushita Electronics, which has quite a bit of influence in the Taiwan electronics industry. "Thirty years ago, when Matsushita first came to Taiwan to set up a factory, Taiwan was its number one overseas base of production," says Shinozuka Akio from the Matsushita building in Osaka. "But now Malaysia and Singapore have already caught up, and Taiwan has fallen to number three."
以對國內家電產業頗有影響的日本松下電器而言，「卅年前松下初到台灣設廠時，台灣是松下的第一號海外生產基地」，座落於大阪的日本松下電器大樓中，中近東本部部長篠塚陽男指出，「不過現在馬來西亞和新加坡迎頭趕上，台灣已經落居第三了。」