Walking on the streets of Taipei often gives people the feeling that they are in the wrong place. In department stores that are Japanese-Chinese joint ventures, in Japanese hypermarkets, everywhere one rests the eyes there are Japanese clothes, electronic gadgets, pots, bowls and tableware--even candy and cookies. The people of Taipei have been taken prisoner by Japanese brands.
走在台北街頭，經常讓人有時空倒錯的感覺﹘ ﹘中日合作的百貨公司，各種日貨量販店的賣場裡，到處充斥了日本服飾、小家電，鍋、碗、餐具，甚至糖果、餅乾，台北人則成了日本商品的「俘虜」。