# Most Common Questions a Foreigner Might Ask in Taiwan

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**Created:** [August 9, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/most-common-questions-a-foreigner-might-ask-in-taiwan/154561 "2016-08-09T03:46:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/most-common-questions-a-foreigner-might-ask-in-taiwan/154561/54 "2016-08-19T04:06:38Z")

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> [@Kowtow](#):
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> Can someone explain how cursing in English and/or flipping the bird can get into legal trouble? English cursing only?

Taiwan has public insult laws. The language (in terms of English/Mandarin etc) used is irrelevant. Basically, if you insult someone in public they can sue you and will more than likely win.

Search the forum for ‘public insult’ and you can easily find previous threads like: [Flipped the bird, charged under Taiwan's "public insult" law](http://tw.forumosa.com/t/flipped-the-bird-charged-under-taiwans-public-insult-law/60661)

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