To put it crudely, early on Taiwan was able to grab a lot of work from the US and Japan by sheer tenacity and hard work. But now the mainland can grab it from us.
說句不好聽的話，當初我們就是憑著韌性和勤儉，才能從美、日身上揀了很多工作到台灣來，現在大陸也可以把我們的工作吃走。