What "Champion of the East" really means is success at the box office and a good reception from film production companies. Even as Taiwan films have gradually begun to rise above the crowds and receive constant accolades at all the major film festivals of the world, the number of Taiwan's viewers venturing out to catch Taiwan films is nonetheless declining.
所謂「東方不敗」，正是「票房常勝、片商青睞」之意。隨著台灣電影在世界各大影展日漸嶄露頭角、頻獲肯定之際，進國片戲院的觀眾卻越來越少。