TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE TAIWAN-CHINA-TALENT, 2003-08-13 (photo)

Students take a computer lesson at a Taiwan job training centre on August 13, 2003. A recent survey by a local magazine found six out of 10 Taiwan people want to seek better career opportunities in China, adding to the five percent of the island's 23 million population who are already there for work or study. As the exodus of talent grows, from high-tech professionals to entrepreneurs, democratic Taiwan's once-vibrant economy is in danger of being marginalised - and that can have political consequences, analysts say. TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE TAIWAN-CHINA-TALENT REUTERS/Simon Kwong SK/CP