Taiwan, however, has an integrated economic system. Its developmental and economic policies have always been set by the central government. Such centralized policy making has wiped out traditional local industries. Even the island's leisure and entertainment pursuits are Western transplants seen nationwide.
但是，台灣作為一個完整的經濟體系，向來只知從中央全體的角度來訂定發展策略和經建計畫，這中間幾乎抹殺了地方傳統特色的產業活動，甚至休閒娛樂活動也都是全國統一的現代西方形態的移植。