InnoNation Reloaded

今天，兩岸的關係，各位看到，我們不但是互相依存，而是互 補互利，而是一加一大於二的情況，所以我相信台灣在創造了第一次經濟奇跡之後，現在正在邁向第二次的經濟奇跡這條路，在努力，大陸今天所面臨的也是千載難 逢的一個機會，所以中華民族這種現代化，這種富強康樂，已經不再是一個遙不可及的美夢而已了。 

尤其在即將面臨的未來，我要講，我說兩岸合作賺世界的錢有什麼不對啊？

（連戰，2005 年4月29日北京大學演講）

Just as big European corporations lobbied for EU enlargement in order to broaden their base of operations and play workers in new member states off against their higher-paid counterparts in the older EU countries, Taiwanese capitalists see closer integration with China as a means to free themselves from the ‘burden’ of Taiwan’s higher wages and social insurance. Of course, there are huge potential benefits for the population as a whole from the fusion of Asia’s ‘silicon island’ – Taiwan is a world leader in semiconductors and computer electronics – with China’s vast labour force and world-class manufacturing base. But on a capitalist basis this process will inevitably be accompanied by an offensive against the working class over working hours, labour ‘flexibility’, and wages.
（Laurence Coates，China and Taiwan: reunification or confrontation?）