How would @Andrew know? He has never become one.
Usually the only people who insist that foreigner who naturalized are not ātrue Taiwaneseā are those of the foreign community.
The last few weeks of telling people I am Taiwanese and showing my TARC people have been very accepting.
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I canāt wait to see you post the results of your statistical survey on that matter.
In the meantime, I am calling bullsh&t on this statement.
Guy
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No need to single me out here. Itās not news that Iām not Taiwanese ā Iāve never claimed to be Taiwanese, and Iāve said more than once Iām not interested in naturalizing. Great for you that youāve chosen to naturalize, if thatās what you want, but it doesnāt mean youāre the only one allowed to comment.
I think itās pretty obvious that when the majority of people see you on the street their first thought isnāt āoh, another Taiwanese!ā, and I linked to a story where the media is referring to a Taiwanese citizen as āVietnameseā because of their previous nationality.
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But once known that Iām a Taiwanese they really make sure to let everyone know.
Itās honestly not a normal thing here yet and will become more normalized in the near future.
Only then could we realistically expect Taiwan to be more open to allowing dual nationality.
In factā¦ many will even thank me for becoming a citizen and will proudly claim me as their own.
Or at least China. Iād feel comfortable with that.
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So a bunch of overgrown kids acted like idiots skating around and damaged property. Iād say the response was adequate, they were tracked down and made to pay the damage that in my estimation was accidental. They were not let off like they would be in Canada with a toleration of public property damage.
Talk about deportation, references to foot amputation and caning is imo a bit over the top of a response
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Maybe they need their skateboards confiscated and to spend a night in jail watching fingerboarding videos and practicing it.
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Brah donāt be hating on Druitt brah. Good people in mounty county brah. Mad hectic place brah.
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Are you asian in appearance it might make a difference?
Yup, everyone knows that if a non ethnic SE Asian person is walking down the street most assume He/She/them is a waigwo ren.
Thatās less the case in somewhere like Singapore.
I think thatās obvious too and generally a correct assumption.
It also seems to be the case more often than not that Taiwanese with a dark suntan are sometimes asked āWhere are you from.?ā
Less than an hour ago I was asked āWhere are you from?ā. Those exact words.
I really donāt consider it to be an unreasonable conversation starter. Of course, it would be problematic if I said it to a black guy in England, but I consider it reasonable assumption to make in Taiwan.
Iām white, the guy who Iām assuming is Taiwanese assumed I am a foreigner.
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Not badly, but embarrassingly. I went to a pool in Xizhi yesterday. I finished my swim and I noticed a youngish (mid twenties) Western guy get in the pool with his Taiwanese friend. He wasnāt wearing any goggles, which is always a sign that the swimming will be bad. And man was it ever. He got in the water and started swimming freestyle. Iām sure he was closing his eyes because he headed straight toward the opposite floating lane rope. After he collided into the rope, he came up with a surprised look on his face. I guess in his mind he was swimming in a straight line.
Next up were two Indian or Pakistani guys. One was just a terrible swimmer. He had goggles but didnāt lower them to his eyes. He got in the water and literally just flailed his arms going almost nowhere. His friend bent down and did a kind of dive into the pool then starts to head to the opposite side of the pool. The other guy (the guy who didnāt use his goggles resting on his forehead) gets out of the pool and copies his friendās dive. He does a lot more flailing and somehow makes it to around the middle of the pool, at which point he grabs onto a lane rope, refusing to go any farther as he could tell the pool was getting deeper and deeper. I took this as my cue to leave, which I was doing anyway but I really couldnāt take it anymore and so hurried things along.
The lifeguard was just watching all of this and kind of leaning forward in his perched seat. Iām not sure what happened but I imagine he told them to move over to the practice lane and not go too deep. At least I hope thatās what he did.
Okay, foreigner dudes who canāt swim. Maybe you should stick to hiking or running.
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They didnāt assume that youāre one of the 32 white Taiwanese citizens* then? Shocker. 
(Just a made-up number obviously, though Iād be interested to know what the actual number is. Maybe there are statistics out there somewhere.)
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What an egoistical statement, then how are they going to learn and get better? Let people enjoy themself and enjoy the activity. If they are out of their depth just point them to a safe place.
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I think it was on the Taiwan plus news a few weeks ago I can remember the exact figures but I think it was 56 new citizens discarding SEA countries (may have been just USA) and something like 22 where given special status for duel citizenship. Iām a little busy now to deep dive to find if the interview is on the web, if no one finds it I will have a look later.
Edit: to revise numbers (after finding link) and adding the link
28 got citizenship under the category of foreign professional, 12 of which where from the US. So thats 28 people who got duel citizenship without renouncing I think.
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Itās an awkward question, and it could create a shit storm in a more multicultural society. However, itās fine in Taiwan.
Yeah I donāt get the comment either. Plenty of bad swimmers/runners/sports players w/e here, from all different kinds of backgrounds.
I doubt that was an olympic training pool he went toā¦
I am not a great swimmer either, should I not go to a public pool then, until I magically get better?
Let novices novice in peace lol. At least they are trying and not holing themselves up somewhere.
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Thatās because it is by far most likely the caseā¦ I also assume the sameā¦ - When others assume the same of meā¦ it isnāt the end of the world. I donāt have a fit or go into a depression. In factā¦ I find it amusing.
What people love is finding out that my girlfriend (Filipino) is actually not Taiwanese but rather she the āWaigorenā and I am the Taiwanese.
Again, Taiwanese are really accepting of me being a Taiwanese and love to immediately claim me as one of their own. - They also see the fact that I renounced my Australian citizenship as very noble. - Then they think I am really smart when I tell them that I got it back less than 3 weeks from renouncing (or 8 days from application.)
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