Over the past decade, Taiwan’s investment in China has significantly dropped, and due to a worsening business environment, those Taiwanese who remain in the country, do so at the risk of losing all of their investments, an online forum was told. Lin Thung-Hong, a researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, told the forum, organized by the civic group “Economic Democracy Union”, that it is necessary for Taiwanese businessmen to recognize the risks of doing business in China. While investments are declining, some Taiwanese businessmen who cannot withdraw immediately from the mainland are also reducing their investment, Lin told the forum which had as its theme: “Taiwanese businessmen going west for 30 years, end with common prosperity or retreat?” “Their money has been tied down in China, and they may also face the risk of a total loss,” he said. Lin said that Taiwan’s investment in mainland China can be …