How was life in Taiwan during 90's?

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1990 gangsters with machine guns roaming around hotels.

Musician Richard Marx claims Taiwan gangsters threatened him with machine guns in 1990

“This was 1990 and the United States did not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan.”, In 1989, Richard Marx visit to Taiwan. "As [guitarist] Paul [Warren] and I (Richard Marx) sat in the restaurant, a group of a dozen armed men with machine guns arrived and approached the clerks at the front desk, demanding to know where I and my entourage were. from his upcoming memoir, [Stories to Tell] In the chapter, “The Tale of Taipei,” Marx recounts his adventures