Taiwan Is Diversifying Away From China—With a Vengeance
Taiwan has decided, as have Americans, Europeans, and the Japanese, to diversify sourcing and investing away from China. It must be getting lonely in Beijing.
A bronze statue of the former leader of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is seen behind the national flag of Taiwan in Kinmen, Taiwan, on Sept. 24, 2022. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images
Taiwan seems to have decided to tread the same path as American, European, and Japanese businesses.
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."