Taiwan's indigenous peoples have been largely powerless to resist the market capitalism that has driven the island's economy since the 1970s. While the government was proclaiming Taiwan's "economic miracle," Taiwan's Aborigines were rapidly losing their land and falling further behind the island's Han Chinese majority.
1970 年代以降，面對市場導向的資本主義經濟體系，原住民毫無招架之力，當政府標舉「經濟奇蹟」的年代，卻也是台灣原住民土地流失最快，原、漢差距拉大的關鍵時刻。