16 March 2009

For Rent

As part of the global economy, Taiwan does not escape the world economic crisis. And people begin to be worried. Exports have plummeted, unemployment grows, factories close down or must merge, there are rumours about the reliability of some banks. That is what newspapers print. But I realized the other day that some things are changing around me. For instance, the office that opened in my building in November has been closed for more than two weeks. Or here, at the crossing of Roosevelt Rd and Keelung rd, where there was a car dealer, it is completely empty now and on the outside is the character

: for rent. Maybe they are really related to the crisis.

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