Not losing face for the nation "Taipei is under a lot of pressure because it faces international competition," says William Chen, the head of Taipei's Bureau of Urban Development. When multinationals are deciding where to put their regional headquarters they make city-to-city comparisons.
「面對國際，台北的壓力很大」，台北市都發局長陳威仁指出，跨國企業在選擇區域總部的地點時，是以城市為比較標的的。