When you do business, you have to depend on other countries. This is the global economy.

When you do business, you have to depend on other countries. This is the global economy.

In China, if they open the markets, it will force local companies to compete with international players, and the local companies will benefit in the long run.

Because I had visited Silicon Valley, I recognized the microprocessor was going to lead the second industrial revolution. We Chinese could not miss that opportunity again - we missed the first industrial revolution already. We put our effort into trying to bring this new technology from the United States to Taiwan. That was the begining of Acer.

Before you can create a strategy, you need a vision of the company. Before you set that vision for the future, you have to understand your current position in the market as well as your limitations.

People always want to have ownership and decision-making and autonomy.

Taiwan's development in the past 20 years in high tech is almost 100 percent related to Silicon Valley.