Even many of those who can speak decent English will rarely go beyond conversations about shopping， food， travel （if they dare to pretend knowing anything worthwhile about the real world beyond American and Japanese shopping malls） and maybe， just maybe， fun sex.
Take things further into the arts， music， DECENT movies beyond Hollywood，politics， science and philosophy， I would say that 90% of people in Taiwan are “educated“ to work， not to please the depths of themselves and others in particularly subtle ways.
The worst thing about all this is that the truly fascinating side of Chinese culture is either a political conundrum for not knowing which side to choose， or is slowly sinking face first into oblivion. There is room for tremendous melting pot in Taiwan， but not much is being done about it.
This is not a blind assault at intercultural differences， but a good stab at old social etiquettes that were ditched in the 60 and 70’s in the West.
The family， school， work ethics to my opinion kills people’s potential.Taiwan has grown economically， but it will reach full maturity only aftera hard look at itself in relation to the rest of the world， while learning to accept and integrate true differences， like other Asian places such as Singapore have learned to do， to make for a much nicer place to live and fit in with open minded people.
In the meantime， it comes across as easy for Taiwanese people to be pleasant and smiling on the surface， but I do believe that their most visceral personal and social identity dangerously lacks confidence and awareness with others at best， or is totally uninterested and racist deep within， ever so silently.
As an Adult Business Teacher， i listen to a lot of answers to topic questions in my class. when the topic gets around to love and relationships you always hear TW Girls saying the same exact shit.” i want a guy who is tall， understands me， is responsible， etc“
The problem with this is they never really define what responsible is.From my experience， what they mean by responsible is “safe”。 They want some castrated man with spiked hair who never takes chances， never moves in a direction that might make them feel unsafe， never walks the path less chosen. They want a guy who is just bent to their wishes for “their dreams“ ie， the house， the car， the baby， the whole nine yards.
Nothing is wrong with those things， except that they have become the “Price For Admission” so to speak， rather than the result of two people’s love and efforts for one another. They constantly take shortcuts.
These Women always talk about how they want someone who understands them. By this， i take it to mean they want an extension of their spoiling family or old boyfriends （Plan B… but still wait around） who will put up with their temper tantrums， immaturity， and stupidity.These women are basically in the market for either daddy or their older brother， someone who is used to their bullshit.
Expecting someone to understand you is the height of immaturity.We should seek more to understand others than to be understood.The world owes us nothing， but we live in it， and should learn to adapt to it， not the other way around.
i find TW women to be utterly selfish， insecure， and self centered.As I have seen with many couples and unfortunate friends，when they age it’s even more nonstop bitching and moaning. Thefocus just becomes on more money， more eating， more competition to show off to family and friends. You can forget about an exciting sex life. Lately i look at them with a mild disgust， despite some of their physical beauty.
