[karlamayne]

Come to think of it, I haven't seen as many "Made in Taiwan" articles on the store shelves as in years gone by.

As to their fate, does Taiwan have any oil?

[Quix]

No oil to speak of, if any.

Even their gas for cooking comes mostly from Saudi Arabia as liquified natural gas. I forget how much of their electricity is generated from Mid East oil etc. They have some nuclear power.