臺灣產業的危機不是偶然的。中國的崛起固然給予臺灣產業一個絕佳的成長機會，不過在同樣長期受益於臺灣產業的中國產業逐步獲得技術上的領先之後，臺灣產業所付出的代價即顯得昂貴且驚人。我們將要借鏡中國佛教史的例證，特別是它的轉型，來解釋臺灣產業在哪裡走錯了路。毫無疑問地，這將涉及到對中國佛教歷程的一次檢視，其中我們強烈感興趣的是從「佛教在中國」到「中國佛教」的「佛教中國化」演進。我們以此為基礎，試圖論證「佛教在中國」經歷了類似OEM-ODM-OBM的產業轉型︰印度佛教曾在中國建立起它的代工鏈。與印度傳統漸行漸遠的「佛教在中國」，最終創造出自有品牌即「中國佛教」。我們將要指出，儘管在OEM-ODM代工模式上的發展路徑相似，臺灣產業與「佛教在中國」――兩者原本都沒被看好過――在接受外來文化的態度上，卻是截然有別。相較於「溫馴的」臺灣產業，「佛教在中國」屢次有意識地拒絕、甚至改變印度佛教所決定的某些遊戲規則。換言之，「佛教在中國」的歷史，始終是中國地區對抗外來的印度佛教的歷史――相對於仍然打算屈服在一種能讓自身陷入困境的經濟秩序之下的臺灣產業。

The crisis of Taiwan’s industry is not accidental. The rise of China certainly gives Taiwan’s industry an excellent growth opportunity, however, after Chinese industries, which have also benefited from Taiwan’s industries for a long time, gradually gained technological leadership, the price paid by Taiwan’s industries became expensive and alarming. We will use the examples of the history of Chinese Buddhism, especially its transformation, to explain where Taiwan’s industry has gone wrong. Undoubtedly, will be mentioned an examination of the history of Chinese Buddhism, in which we are strongly interested in the evolution of “Buddhist Sinification” from “Buddhism in China” to “Chinese Buddhism”. We try to demonstrate that “Buddhism in China” has undergone an industrial transformation similar to OEM-ODM-OBM: Indian Buddhism once established its outsourcing chain in China. “Buddhism in China”, which is drifting away from the Indian tradition, eventually created its own brand, “Chinese Buddhism”. We will point out that although the development path in the OEM-ODM outsourcing model is similar, Taiwan’s industry and “Buddhism in China”, both of them have never been optimistic, but their attitudes towards accepting foreign cultures are completely different. Compared with the tameness of Taiwan’s industry, “Buddhism in China” has repeatedly consciously rejected and even changed certain rules of the game determined by Indian Buddhism. In other words, the history of “Buddhism in China” has always been the history of China’s opposition to foreign Indian Buddhism, compared to Taiwan’s industry that still intends to succumb to an economic order that can cause trouble.