"Taiwan is now the capital of Mandarin pop music worldwide," says Tsai. "If there's a 'capital,' then there are 'provinces.'" The market is too small in Southeast Asia, so it has become de rigueur for Southeast Asian Chinese singers to come to Taiwan to advance their careers.
「台灣目前是華語流行音樂的中心，只要有中心就有『腹地』，東南亞市場小，到台灣發展成為歌手必走之途，於是音樂人才很快被吸納，」葉雲甫說。