If Taipei hadn't lifted many of the restrictions, it was at risk of turning its top executives into a criminal caste. Now, the flow has become a deluge. Chiang Julin, a refugee from Taiwan's sagging economy, arrived in Shanghai two weeks ago with a briefcase of rEsumEs and experience in marketing for Campbell Soup Co. and Disney theme parks. Increasingly, his new home looks like the one he left behind. The area around the Gubei district, where many transplants live, is crowded with Taiwan restaurant chains serving island specialties like fried oysters and clams with basil, while sidewalk vendors peddle Taiwanese favorites like betel nut and barbecued chicken sphincters on a stick.
Taiwanese madams oversee karaoke bar-brothels.
But it is the Wong-Jiang chip factory that takes the trend far beyond the realm of sneaker manufacturers looking for cheap workers. Winston Wong was once heir apparent to his father's company, Formosa Plastics, one of Taiwan's biggest firms. It turned out she wanted her own children to run the company. No. 3 and forced his son to leave Taiwan for embarrassing the clan. He won his chance when he met Jiang Mianheng, eldest son of Jiang Zemin.