Foreigners living in Taiwan who don't learn the language

Language Learning Chinese
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Because foreigners in Taiwan are such losers (myself included) it is necessary to establish one’s superiority over fellow waiguoren.
Here’s how it is done:

  1. Length of stay in Taiwan.
  2. Chinese ability.
  3. Having a blog chronicling your sorry existence in Taiwan.
  4. You’ve written a book about Taiwan.
  5. You’ve been on the local TV.
  6. Being married to a local.

And because 1-6 have become so common these are now the trump cards
7. You speak Taiwanese.
8. You have Taiwanese citizenship
9. You have served in the Taiwan military.

Personally, the only thing I judge someone by is the number of posts on Forumosa!

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