TAIPEI -- The rumble of construction rings out in the northern Taiwanese city of Taoyuan, a sound that has become more common on the self-ruled island -- and one that heralds change in mainland China.
Dozens of workers in masks scurry across the site as two cranes hoist beams high into the sky. A new factory is being built for Quanta Computer, which ranks third in the world for electronics manufacturing services. The company is investing about 15 billion New Taiwan dollars ($500 million) there to boost production of equipment such as telecommunications devices used in servers.
