Being aware of the "locustlike, dog-eat-dog" tendencies of Taiwanese businesses, some foreign companies, especially Japanese, were naturally alarmed to see the rapid speed of Taiwan's expansion in semiconductors, and continually warned Taiwan against overinvesting.
也因為知道台灣業界的這種「一窩蜂、多殺多」的「特性」，某些外商、特別是日商，看到台灣積體電路產業擴充快速自然緊張，一直警告台灣要避免「過度投資」。