"Maybe one out of ten firms here will survive," says Chang, "and it depends a lot on keeping down operating costs. Production is cheaper in Taiwan, engineers 'salaries are a tenth of what they are in the U.S., so Taiwan looks pretty good to American companies looking for overseas partners."
技術特別突出、一定能生存的，大概十個中只有一個；其餘九個大約都差不多，這時比的就是誰能使成本降得最低」，張國華說：「和國內廠商合作，可以借助台灣便宜的製造成本，及薪水只有美國工程師四分之一的優秀腦力，競爭力較強。」