If we do not take the road of export-oriented economy and do not get close to the engine of the world economy, Taiwan's development will encounter bottlenecks or insurmountable obstacles.
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Due to non-compliance with quality standards and bio-hazards, the mainland has temporarily stopped eating Taiwanese pineapple since March 1.
Tsai Ing-wen then initiated the whole taiwan to eat pineapples. Pineapple is the common name for pineapple in Taiwan.
Taiwanese media tv news as a gimmick of "can't not know", saying that Australian scientists have found that enzymes extracted from the stems of pineapples can reduce the possibility of human infection with new crown pneumonia. Oh, some netizens on the island sarcastically said that pineapples are so "divine", what vaccines to buy?
When some Taiwanese people were eating pineapples for breakfast, canned pineapples for lunch, and roasted pineapples for dinner, Lin Jiaxin, a vegetable farmer in Yunlin County, Taiwan Province, posted a picture on social media showing that the origin of the "canned pineapples" produced by Taiwan Sugar Company was not Taiwan, but Thailand.
Lin Jiaxin's stickers on social media
That's staggering, isn't it?
Why did the Taiwan authorities import canned pineapples even when they planted a large number of pineapples in Taiwan?
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From this pineapple joke, Uncle Hai sees the limitations of Taiwan's economy itself - if you do not take the road of export-oriented economy and do not get close to the engine of the world economy, Taiwan's development will encounter bottlenecks, or encounter insurmountable obstacles.
Why does Taiwan, which grows a lot of pineapples, import canned pineapples from Thailand? Gu Xiaorou, deputy general manager of Taiwan Sugar, explained that Taiwan Sugar's canned pineapples have always been entrusted to Thailand for OEM production, which is produced in Thailand and made into finished products before being shipped to Taiwan. Taiwan pineapples are highly sweet and suitable for direct consumption as fruits, not for canned food.
Taiwan sugar pineapple
Is this really the case? Uncle Hai thinks, obviously not! Taiwan's food processing industry has long since ceased to be the biggest reason! When the Chiang Kai-shek clique withdrew to Taiwan, it brought with it a large amount of gold looted from the mainland, including some industrial production equipment. Coupled with Japan's theft of the industrial base of the Taiwan period, on the basis of the much more favorable industry on the mainland, Taiwan entered the era of industrialization slightly earlier than the mainland. At that time, through the integration into the world trading system led by the United States, Taiwan took off economically through economic models such as processing of incoming materials and became one of the "Four Asian Tigers". Ports such as Kaohsiung and Keelung have also become the world's most remarkable ports.
However, today, even if Taiwanese businessmen, how many of them will have their main R&D and production bases located in Taiwan? To this day, Tsai Ing-wen is still using the "Four Asian Tigers" to flaunt the economy of the Taiwan region, and she does not know that the "Four Asian Tigers" of that year have long ceased to call themselves by this old name.
When Chinese mainland formed the world's largest free trade area (RCEP) with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand and other countries, people found that there was no Taiwan region in the "circle of friends"; and after the TPP launched during Trump's presidency was taken over by Japan, after the establishment of the CPTPP, and even after the mainland announced that it would consider joining the CPTPP, people found that there was no Taiwan in this "circle of friends".
Some people in Taiwan have "turned against China" and have also boldly engaged in the so-called "New Southbound Policy." However, the result? Taiwan's "Nan Bo Wan" shouted fiercely, and it did not look like a good year. Now who in Southeast Asia does not know to do a good business with Chinese mainland and make a joint venture?
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What's in Taiwan? Uncle Hai thought about what had happened in the period after the Chiang Kai-shek clique withdrew to Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek was a native of Zhejiang, and there were many people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who followed him to Taiwan. At that time, the Taiwan authorities began to imitate Shaoxing wine. At that time, Japan had not yet "severed diplomatic relations" with the Taiwan authorities, and for a time could only import "Shaoxing wine" from Taiwan.
Say plum in the rice wine
Because the "Shaoxing wine" produced in Taiwan is not authentic after all, and there is no mellowness of Shaoxing wine, Shaoxing wine, which originally appeared at high-end banquets in Japan, has declined in popularity. In addition, the Japanese began to drink it by adding plums to "Shaoxing sake" because they could improve the taste of "Shaoxing sake" produced in Taiwan.
Uncle Hai wants to say that in Shanghai, there is also a way to drink plum in yellow wine. When I was a child, if there was not so much quality rice wine in the family, my family would add a plum to drink again. And if there is a good quality special rice and flower carving wine at home, then there is no need for plums, pure drinking.
It can be seen from the liquor industry that the resources on the island of Taiwan are limited, and if you live your life behind closed doors, this small life will be tight and indeed unfortunate.
In recent decades, the economy and science and technology of the Taiwan region have been bright, such as the chip industry, etc., whether its market or research and development, in the final analysis, it must be linked with the mainland of the motherland to have development prospects. This is the consensus of many Taiwan businessmen who have invested in the mainland.
Lin Zhengjie, the founding elder of the Democratic Progressive Party and once called chen shui-bian and Xie Changting the "three musketeers outside the party," said this: "Our Economy in Taiwan is eating the milk of the mainland. Lin Zhengjie said that if Taiwan does not overtake from the mainland now, its per capita income will be reduced by more than 10%, "The mainland is here to give profits to Taiwan, but we never thank them, we have always regarded him as an enemy." "Is this an unthinkable practice?"
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Where is the way out for Taiwan? Uncle Hai believes that Taiwan's future must be reunification with the mainland of the motherland. It is best for the DPP authorities not to take the mainland's various expressions of Taiwan's reunification in recent years as a side note. Among them, this sentence is particularly important -- exploring the "two systems" Taiwan plan and enriching the practice of peaceful reunification. "Peaceful reunification and one country, two systems" is the best way to realize national reunification, embodies the Chinese wisdom of being tolerant of all kinds of rivers and rivers, and is conducive to Taiwan's long-term peace and stability after reunification.
At present, the Taiwan region has shown economic stretching and its development potential is worrying. If we do not follow the road of reunification and the right path, I am afraid that it will be more and more difficult for Taiwan in the future.