New in Taiwan

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Definitely take your ID if going anywhere that is like a club, bar, etc. As far as I am aware of the legal age for alcohol etc. is 18, so you should be good.

By the way, being only 18 might entitle you to revive one of these this threads (no definitive answers there yet) without being accused of being a wannabe-child-molester

What is the age of consent in Taiwan?

Websites such as ageofconsent.com can be notoriously inaccurate. By way of comparison, in Canada it is 14, however, it is 18 both for prostitution (in cash or in kind) and any relationship where the older person has a position of ‘trust or authority’. In other words, in Canada if a 25 year old man buys a 17 year old girl dinner or she respects him it could be construed as illegal. Treat her poorly, never give her a dime, and you’re OK. I mention 25 because in Canada there is a law that sp…

Age of consent for Taiwanese girls

I was just visiting the Japantoday site and they were having a discussion about the legal age in Japan for a girl to have sex. According to the law, it is 13. Obviously, many of the posters thought this was too young. This got me wondering about Taiwan and two questions came to mind that I thought some of you may be interested in discussing: Does anyone know what is the legal age in Taiwan for local girls to start having sex? What age do you think a girl should be in order to legally have…

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Is there an “age of consent” law in Taiwan, like there is in many countries, whereby if you have consensual sex with someone under an arbitrarily set age (usually anywhere from 13 -18) you would automatically be guilty of RAPE and could be arrested and jailed just as if you had gone out and actually raped a girl, beating her up and threatening to kill her and her whole family if she told anyone? If so, does anyone know what this arbitrary age is in Taiwan? Is it enforced much? Does anyone kno…

[quote=“is03”]hahaa u r kinda right and kinda wrong. ill love to visit museums but hell, I have seen some from the outside but thought it was going to be all Chinese. so i planned to go to museums when my Mandarin skills are better.
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At least the Palace Museum has quite nice English language guided tours. I am not so much for Museums except for maybe tech and history - but at least the guide the group that I joined had was telling really cool stuff about even the most boring looking artifacts there. Definitely worth a visit, regardless of age.

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but I think im just not used to this place. like damn im just 18, just finished high school and im here alone studying, AGAIN!! ARGHHHHH

Yeah, not knowing anyone here really sucks. You really need to get to know some people, preferrably not such old farts as many on this forum here, though

My best hint would be join some online friend finding place like friends.forumosa.com - yes, people use such stuff for hooking up as well, but apart from that you can find people with similar interests there easily. It costs some money, though. Don’t be shy to contact guys there, even as a guy - its not for hookup

Others use Facebook, Myspace, MSN messenger etc. to just get to know some people, and eventually end up finding some cool people to hang out with.

Language exchange you already mentioned, and since you are of Chinese descent I guess the chance that your LE partners (if female) will honestly want language exchange, not using this as an excuse to try to hook up, is higher Dunno if you mind that, though. Anyway, just don’t teach them your style of written English please :no-no:

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just today I went from guting all to zhongxiao ( I think) yea, where Sogo is and I went walking, really fun. but like im not sure if i should go by myself to like, hotsprings and stuff.[/quote]

Well, for hotsprings you might want to find a local girlfriend first