It is rather astonishing that in most European countries the success of the East and South East Asian countries and Australia/NZ in conquering covid are largely uncovered in their local media. It appears like these countries wilfully close their eyes from looking at other countries doing better. …

Because most Westerners still believe the world outside of Europe or America is some backwater place where people live in grass huts and grows rice for a living. They probably think flying to Taiwan involves a dirt runway next to some grass hut as a terminal (and of course landing in some old propel…

[image] Andrew0409: I don’t envy his position. If i was in his position i would have just copied taiwans policy to a T. :woman_shrugging:

[image] Taiwan_Luthiers: Because most Westerners still believe the world outside of Europe or America is some backwater place where people live in grass huts and grows rice for a living. They probably think flying to Taiwan involves a dirt runway next to some grass hut as a terminal (and of cour…

[image] Taiwan_Luthiers: Many people think China is some backward Stalin era USSR style dictatorship. They don’t see the tens of thousands of miles of high speed tracks around that country when America has barely 50 miles of it. The two are not mutually exclusive.

I don’t think that’s quite true. Most people in UK, US, Europe don’t travel, they have no interest in it, so when you go to these places you aren’t going to meet worldly people. The number of people in the US who even have passports is surprisingly low. I worked with a lady some time ago who had ne…

In fact, most people I know are that way. You have to be doing really quite well to be able to afford a holiday out to the Far East in the UK, and it’s much cheaper and convenient to go to France or Spain than Taiwan. People think Japan (Tokyo) is far better than it is, so it’s not really the case …

[image] Andrew0409: Because Europeans are very guilty of what they say Americans do, they’re very Eurocentric and know very little outside of Europe. Dude, public broadcasting is your friend! :tv: :slightly_smiling_face: :rainbow: [image] Red Cross: Contact tracing still key to cont…

Do you know Taiwan? [Do you know Taiwan?] [How much do Americans know about Taiwan?] [紐約街訪：你知道台灣嗎？Do you know Taiwan?│老外看台灣│郝毅博 Ben Hedges│新唐人電視台]

The average American or European doesn’t know much about Taiwan because Taiwan is not very important to them, in spite of the screaming on various China threads that if Taiwan falls America is doomed- DOOMED,I tell ya!

I think it’s still only a fraction of what is being reported on places closer to home though. But people do care more the closer they are to the locations that are being reported on so it makes sense that the news report on those more.

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