narrator: as a testament to its success, hsinchu park is running out of space. ry year, more than 20 companies apply to become part of this high-tech development enclave. the park is ving difficuy absorbing all these new enterprises. to deal with this situation, the taiwanese government is establishing science parks in other regions of taiwan. science parks like hsinchu are a crucial catalyst in maintaining the growth and development which will allow taiwan to export homegrown technology. you have to expand your market area to areas outside of taiwan. and you look at the map, then it's very natural. you could think that mainland china is part ofhe markets. narrator: the relationship betweenaiwan and mainland china has en strained since 1949. in the wake of the communist revolution, chinese nationalists fled to taiwan and established their own government. polical tensions continue to flare on both sides of t strait. each society has those who desire independence for taiwan and others who believe taiwan should be reunified with china. and china's use of force to br