However, Taiwan in the 1990s is a very different place: Economically the emphasis is on innovation and creativity. In politics people must be bold and forthright to succeed. And in society, capitalist consumerism--which encourages and indeed thrives on self-indulgence and giving in to temptation--rules the day.
然而跨入九○年代後，台灣已然進入一個新紀元：經濟上講求大膽創意，政治要敢衝敢拚，社會則到處可見資本主義商品掛帥、極盡縱情玩樂的誘惑。