Do you think Taiwanese consider themselves superior in Asia?
- Yes, but I DISAGREE they are superior.
- Yes, I agree that they are a cut above.
- NO
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Do you think Taiwanese considers themselves superior to other Asians (only second Japanese)?
of course. in asia the light skinned people look down on darker skinned people. taiwan happily buys into this system.
I have heard “I hate Japanese” and “Taiwanese men are so much more mature than Western men” a billion times. Sorry, most Western men over 30 don’t play drinking games.
They got to
All Chinese have an inferiority complex that manifests itself as looking down on others
Kinda like standing on the backs of others to make yourself look taller
Ah… the irony…
You really shouldn’t make blanket statements like that, at least phrase it into a generalization.
To answer your question, yes I think most Taiwanese feels superior to most countries in Asia, excluding Japan, Singapore, South Korea and possibly Hong Kong.
Notice how Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan are what was once known (and maybe now too?) as the “four tigers of Asia”. Basically these countries/territories are richer and more advanced than most other countries in Asia. I don’t know if it is a suprise to you, and I am not saying it’s right, but it is nothing new for people of richer countries to look down on people of poorer countries.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, for the first time the Taiwanese were allowed to travel overseas. My mother, then a 20-something, decided to go to the Phillipines for a vacation. In those days, Phillipines were considerably richer than Taiwan and they too looked down on the Taiwanese people.
When entering the Phillipines, the Taiwanese were like a bunch of criminals, being herded into a separate queue, apart from everyone else where the Philipino authorities slowly checked everyone’s luggage (in fact, so slowly that most of the time you’ll have to pay them to speed things up a bit), searched their clothes and took their finger prints, etc.
Speaking of Superiority… Here are some hard facts:
Richest Countries in Asia [Rank Country GDP per capita]
1 Singapore 27,800
2 Japan 23,400
3 Hong Kong 23,100
4 Macau 17,500
5 Brunei 17,400
6 Taiwan 16,100
7 Korea, South 13,300
8 Malaysia 10,700
9 Thailand 6,400
Most Expensive Countries to Live in Asia
1 Japan
2 South Korea
3 Russia
4 Taiwan
5 Hong Kong
6 Singapore
Asian Countries with the Highest Quality of Life
1 Japan
2 Singapore
3 Hong Kong
4 South Korea
5 Malaysia
6 PRC
7 Brunei
8 Taiwan
Asian Countries with the Highest Life Expectancies
1 Macau 81.69
2 Japan 80.8
3 Singapore 80.17
4 Hong Kong 79.67
5 South Korea 79.12
Military Expenditure in Asia
1 Japan 43.0 billion
2 India 13.02 billion
3 China 12.608 billion
4 Korea, South 12.0 billion
5 Turkey 10.6 billion
6 Taiwan 8.042 billion
7 Singapore 5.0 billion
8 Korea, North 3.7 billion
University Overall Ranking in Asia (Multi-Disciplinary Schools)
1 Kyoto University
2 Tohoku University
3 University of Hong Kong
4 Seoul National University
5 National University of Singapore
6 Chinese University of Hong Kong
7 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1
8 Australian National University
9 University of Melbourne
10 University of New South Wales
11 Nagoya University
12 Taiwan University
Yes, but only Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea are democratic. To me, that is a necessity in measuring quality of life. Unless, you buy into in the
And while answering this poll question, make sure you ask yourself this corresponding one:
Do Westerners consider themselves superior to Taiwanese?
Asia - Mean TOEFL score
1 Singapore 255
2 India 246
3 Philippines 230
4 Malaysia 228
4 Pakistan 228
6 Sri Lanka 221
7 Nepal 220
8 China 214
Show me a nation or race that doesn’t feel they are superior to the rest of the world. I’m sure there are plenty of people in even Bangladesh or Burkina Faso who feel their country and culture is the greatest ever. The human capacity for self-delusion is infinite.
Mod Lang wrote: [quote]Show me a nation or race that doesn’t feel they are superior to the rest of the world. I’m sure there are plenty of people in even Bangladesh or Burkina Faso who feel their country and culture is the greatest ever. The human capacity for self-delusion is infinite.[/quote]
Absolutely. And show me a place where the locals don’t have “world-famous attractions” or a culture that doesn’t have some golden age of civilization.
The poll options contradict, there should be a ‘No, but I disagree (they are superior)’ and ‘No, I agree they are not.’ instead of ‘NO’ only.
I honestly couldn’t answer the question though, never heard Taiwanese making remarks that would let me to conclude they feel superior. Perhaps I hang out with the “wrong” crowd.
Just curious… How proficient is your Mandarin and Taiwanese listening comprehension?
Non-existent - but then the Taiwanese I do know talk mostly in English to me. 
Seriously though: that is just based on my personal experiences - I am not saying Taiwanese never do that.
Like mod long said, everyone to a certain degree believes that their own country/culture is superior. Given that, I have yet to meet any Taiwanese person who was so nationalistic as to rub me the wrong way. If anything, the vibe that I get from some people is a sort of ennui since Taiwan’s time in the sun has passed and all the attention is on the mainland now.
The one group of Asians that I’ve felt had the strongest superiority complex and who really annoyed me are the Koreans.
Has noone ever lived in Japan?!
I don’t think that most Japanese even consider themselves Asian.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I agree.
Although speaking from my hispanic side, I don’t feel that Mexico is better anything than anyone. Just more laid back. But that’s me. 