This world has always been one where some rejoice while others grieve. Human joys and sorrows have never truly been interconnected.
Just as Huaxia's economic engine restarted, with a surge in demand for labor breaking the so-called 35-year-old curse, the economy on the Southeast Island completely collapsed.
And it was a complete, devastating collapse.
It is well known that the most impressive industry here is the semiconductor industry, which is also the source of great pride for the locals.
Indeed, there's reason for pride; this relatively small place holds the world's most advanced chip processing and testing and packaging capabilities.
Back when Intel and NVIDIA were making money, there was no doubt that semiconductors were a pillar industry.
Statistics show that the semiconductor industry directly employs 230,000 people, not counting the upstream and downstream industry chains.
