Actually, it is not true. It is just a political slogan. We have to think about that seriously. If old-fashioned industries such as shoemaking, clothing making etc. stay in Taiwan, can them live longer? Land and employee are so expensive and it is hard to get raw materials.
To sum up, according to John Maynard Keynes’ international economic theory, that says we exchange our goods to other country because we will get profit.
Therefore the government opens the mini-three-links.