A few comments about Taiwanese frames, "giving back to cycling", and what motivates business owners of cycling companies:

The cycling business is no different from any other line of business in that the owners and principals of various companies are motivated to succeed...but for different reasons.

When I worked for Ben Lawee whose accomplishments included making the Motobecane brand a real presence in the U.S. market and creating the Italvega and Univega name, a few things were apparent.

Ben was a very smart business man with an eye for design who was able to anticipate what the cycling market wanted. He listened to his dealers and and from that and other observations created his line of bikes. He had one of the first (Specialized was first with the Stumpjumper) production mountain bikes available (Univega Alpina). Motobecane became an important brand because he convinced the french that their bikes would sell better with japanese (Suntour) drivetrains which were superior to the french products.
On the other hand, he never rode a bike and did almost no sponsorship or cycling advocacy. He enjoyed the challenge of creating first rate products and his many relationships in the business world. While I was at Univega, I was one of the very few in the office who actually rode a bike.

On the other hand, Specialized where I worked for 8 1/2 years was and still is headed by its founder Mike Sinyard who promotes a team atmosphere among his employees, and was one the first companies to support cycling advocacy movements, especially in the area of trail access for mountain biking.
Specialized has always sponsored both road and mountain bike teams because they learn from racing what works and from this better products result. Mike rides a lot and is a very good rider. He is not businessman posing as a cyclist. He is a passionate cyclist with exceptional business skills whose goal has always been to provide better products for cyclists. It was a real privilege to work for him.

As for Taiwanese (and Chinese frames) consider the following as my own opinion as a result of my experience in the cycling industry:

The movement to build more frames in Asia (ex-Japan) resulted due the high costs of fabrication in Europe and to a lesser extent Japan. You can build any flavor (cheapo to state of the art) frame in
Asia or Europe and it will be extremely reliable and suitable for its price range. A really big factor that drove production to Asia was that simply put, their factories are more modern and as a result, if you're producing thousands of frames, you will get a more consistent product at a lower price. Europe's niche tends to be smaller production at the higher end. Personally, I would have no problem riding frames from either continent, but in cycling as with choosing your girlfriend, perception and intangibles count so if you don't like dancing with a Asian frame, choose another partner.

One point that I want to make about Asian frames is that in most cases (we're not talking about cheap brands like Motiv, etc), frame geometries, tube materials, buttings etc are determined by the U.S. company based on prototype testing with racers or recreational cyclists. Asian companies are used because they are able to best fabricate the design. In many cases, engineers from U.S. companies will go to these factories and coach the workers on say the best way to fabricate a newly designed chainstay.

As far as soul goes, there's always humans involved in the process be they Taiwanese, Italian or American. Cycling is truly international as evidenced by a former French brand Motobeane, now built in Taiwan and sold by a company in the American southwest.

Down the road someday, you may see cycling products built in places where factories don't even exist now. Like any other business, cycling is constantly evolving