When Japan and Korea import Western technology, their engineers often have trouble with linguistic and cultural differences. Chan claims Taiwan's workers are the hardest working and best educated in Asia. He also argues that the island's machinery industry benefits from the unique way in which its businesses are clustered, something other newly industrialized countries will have difficulty replicating within the next five to ten years.
因為歐美等先進技術引進亞洲時，日、韓工程師常受限於語文和文化差異；而台灣人的勤奮及教育程度普遍高於亞洲各國，再加上機械產業聚落完整的獨特模式，是其他新興工業國 5 到 10 年內難以追上的優勢產業。