Following up on @Icon 's helpful advice:
Guy
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Guys can anyone recommend an expedite testing facility? A pal travels Wednesday and urgently needs the PCR they are asking now for all travelers from China, Taiwan and HK.
Muchas gracias
So Taiwan has been lumped in with China for some countries/airlines?
Wait, who is ātheyā? 
Guy
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Places that lump Taiwan with China.
Ai! Thank goodness I am travelling to Japan where such grave forms of conflation are absent. Good luck to your pal . . .
Guy
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Yep, for Japan, as long as you have the vaccination record, youāre good.
Got an address to a clinic here. Worked like a charm. Heās a happy customer.
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Can anyone confirm INCOMING travellers to Taiwan do not need a vaccine certificate?
Vaccination status is not checked or required for folks entering Taiwan.
The one group that continues to get attention (with required tests before arrival) are arrivals from China (and, in a slightly different form, HK and Macau).
Guy
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Maybe my comment comes a bit late, but I noticed that a huge problem was that only two TSA lines were open for scanning your carry on bags (at least on 16/01/23). Also, the TPE seemed a bit understaffed for the amount of traffic they were dealing with before LNY.
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I can confirm! When you arrive, nobody checks anything related to vaccines. But they give you a free rapid test kit before going to baggage claim.
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It seems I got lucky as I blazed through security both times I travelled in January, one time at TSA and one time at TPE.
Guy
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Absolutely! Did you have an unpopular time to fly? (too early or too late) Iād like to know which times are the best, so I can avoid the crowds next time 
Avoid the new year crowd? And, based on my experience: avoid Monday mornings at TPE! That was some years ago, but the crowds I encountered are still imprinted on my mind. I could barely move in Terminal 2.
Guy
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Great advice! Iād like to avoid flying around the LNY, but my spouse works in a hospital, so, unfortunately, itās one of the rare long breaks she gets.
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Yes T2 was a madhouse this morning.
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Glad to hear that. It was the same for me but I thought they must have the info on record. I still wonder if there is any difference between us residents and visitors. Oh well.
Anyways, I am quite annoyed as my Google-fu has failed me. I have searched the CECC extensively, as well as local media. Canāt find a quote on this issue.
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Perhaps thatās because thereās been no change to policy? I donāt think the authorities in Taiwan required any arrivals to show vaccination records at any time. The CECCās go-to method, before it was discontinued, was quarantine on arrival for (almost) everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
Guy
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They certainly didnāt when I returned back in November.
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There are no checks or silly rituals of any kind. You get off the plane at TPE, pick up a box of COVID tests if you want one, and go home. They do not check your āvaccination statusā on boarding unless you are exiting from a country that performs this check as a matter of routine.
But yeah, the CECCās website absolutely sucks. Given the constant fiddling with policy, you would expect a clear, up-to-date description to be front and centre either there or on the Immigration website. Itās nowhere to be found.