The 78-year-old Lin said his temple factory, Chuanso, needed just over six weeks to finish a building that normally took six months with conventional methods - and molding was 40 percent cheaper.

The 78-year-old Lin said his temple factory, Chuanso, needed just over six weeks to finish a building that normally took six months with conventional methods – and moulding was 40 percent cheaper.

Last year, Taiwan's chip industry generated T$4.837 trillion ($150.27 billion) in revenue, nearly half of which came from TSMC, compared with Taiwan's GDP of T$22.667 trillion ($704.21 billion).

Yang, a famous writer in Taiwan, said that to truly understand public opinion in Taiwan, especially in cross-Strait relations, it is important to visit many local temples and engage in conversations.

Visiting temples in Taiwan is an eye-opener any time of year, full of sound and color, but in the days after Chinese New Year (this year it starts tomorrow), the experience becomes a rite of ...