[philman_36]

Are you even aware that in the last 2 years, over 1 mil. Taiwanese have actually moved to the mainland?
Are you even aware of the restrictions on hiring PRC nationals and bringing them to Taiwan?
These restrictions make Taiwan's business environment less internationally competitive, as a majority of AmCham member companies now have operations on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Work permit restrictions make it difficult for them to rotate Chinese staff to Taiwan for meetings, to participate in training activities, or to work longer-term. Businesses would benefit if government agencies worked together to formulate rules that facilitated rather than obstructed global business plans, which now often include markets on the mainland.
I may know more than you think. Don't patronize. If I don't know I can sure find out for myself, from many places.

[formosaplastics]

Sure, I'm aware that Taiwan's self-defeating government restricts PRC workers from entering Taiwan. This is just another reason why Taiwanese and foreigin investors are abandoning Taiwan. Many US companies in Taiwan are the ones actually lobbying Taiwan's government to lift these restrictions. But since Taiwan doesn't and these firms still want PRC workers, these firms end up abandoning Taiwan altogether and relocating their plants in the mainland! See, I told you Pres. Chen is a true moron. While he thinks he's saving Taiwan, he's actually accelerating capital flight and Taiwan's death! Beijing is probably silently pleased that Pres. Chen is such a dolt because it has only resulted in tens of billions of dollars more leaving Taiwan for the mainland.

[formosaplastics]

The Taiwanese leaving Taiwan and moving to China these days are Taiwan's best and brightest hi-tech entrepreneurs, the people who made Taiwan great in the first place. While these people continue to leave Taiwan, Taiwan's Pres. is too busy talking independence and scaring away foreign investors to even address Taiwan's fundamental economic problems. As I said before, Taiwan's military budget has hit an 8-year low due to Taiwan's economic problems. Over the long term, an island of 22 mil. cannot compete economically or militarily with a nation of 1.2 bil.