Shih, says Tsiang, is overestimating the promise of Taiwan's technology community. They can't develop software. And if you develop all new products, you need to create a marketplace. You just can't do that in Taiwan. Taiwan, argues Tsiang, is simply too far from the center of global commerce to create a market for its own brands.
People say all the innovation is in the United States.
But we are getting better. Compared with Japan, for example, we are already ahead when it comes to technology.