Why Taiwan Actually Makes Most of Your Shoes

  / soleinclined   https://soleinclined.com https://inclinedapparel.com When you think of sneakers, you probably instinctively assume a company in China or Vietnam is responsible for making them. But that's only partially correct. If you trace these manufacturing factories to their origins, the majority of shoes produced globally come from Taiwan. Here's the history of how Taiwanese companies became and remain the global hub of footwear production. 0:00 How Taiwan took over footwear 6:45 Original footwear capital of the world 9:05 My parents lived it, offshore loophole 11:55 Why nobody can compete, controversy 15:29 Born in Taiwan, beyond geopolitics