Had this taken place five years later, the economies of Southeast Asia and mainland China would already have found their feet, leaving little leeway for Taiwanese firms, and if domestic industry had not started to upgrade itself in time, the "economic miracle" would today be a thing of the past.
如果這帖猛藥再晚來五年，東南亞和大陸已經立穩腳步，沒有台商揮灑的空間，而國內產業又來不及升級的話，那「台灣奇蹟」恐怕已成為歷史名詞。