Other nationalities in Taiwan

Work Teaching English in Taiwan
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I will be moving to Taiwan (Taichung) in february and was wondering if there are many non-english expats who live in the country?

Of course as a Canadian I will be expecting to meet plenty of other Canucks (as they are apparently over-running the island). Needless to say there are also plenty of Americans as well.

That said, I was wondering if there were many expats in Taiwan who are not there to teach English? Does anyone know if there are any French people in Taiwan - or any Germans, Spaniards, Russians, etc…

My first impression - which frankly is quite ill-informed - would be that Taiwan is not the most cosmopolitan of places. Still, I hope I’m wrong.

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I think a trip to Taipei, especially TienMu, will answer your questions. And there are a lot of “guest workers” here who are not from N. America or Europe.

3

this forum itself is a melting pot with people w/ different ethnicities. Espeically in Taipei of course, since it is the capital of Taiwan, Taizhong would be the same as well, just fewer population, that’s all.

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Oh, so that’s what you call Australians and New Zealanders behind our backs! :wink:

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cosmopolitan

…ya would be coming to the wrong place

More like a giant village.

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No, we actually just call y’all “beer-swilling rednecks who play punch the kangaroo for sport”. :slight_smile: