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“Poems in Wu and Wu’s book contain strong appeals to principles of environmental justice and equality. In a poem titled “Protest at the North,” Ken-cheng Lee alludes to the fact that cancer cases in Yunlin County are typically blamed only on individuals’ consumption of tobacco and alcohol. He writes, “Head for a place that decides our destiny/that place is called Taipei ... Illness, cancer, they said: smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, it is our bad habit, / no proof of industrial pollution. / Head of county, village mayor, local representatives / sell our health, soul, dignity for their local development” (38).” (Chang, 2023, p. 169)

In a 2023 survey by the Taiwanese job bank (n=1,277), Formosa Plastics made the third place as a "dream company" in the old industrial sector, with Evergreen Shipping and Taiwan Rail at the top (Hung-Ta and Huang 2023).