:facebook: Why do Taiwanese have so little confidence in their own country?

[Brianjones]

Taiwan is definitely a developed country in most ways. Some it falls down though.

Heck some folks even created whole threads on the subject a few years back .

What is holding up Taiwan becoming a real developed country?

As per title, what’s holding the place up from reaching it’s full potential. First I’d need to state my personal definition of what I mean by developed country . Is it incomes? There are many definitions, but according to the World Bank, GNI per capita, data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications , Taiwan is a high income country (>12k USD GNI per capita), so let’s say it’s not income related (many European countries must be on roughly equivalent average wages especially if you take int…

So is Taiwan a Developed country or not?

Taiwan has amazing healthcare coverage for its citizens. A lot of Economic development and good transportation infrastructure. Most of Taiwan is also relatively safe compared to the rest of the world. Taiwan also has a high amount of human capital. So what’s left? Is Taiwan a developed country now or what else does Taiwan need to do? Some things that I think they need to improve on are: A more competent police force …