While many foreigners still associate China's threats with Taiwan, I secretly believe that Taiwan is one of the most peaceful places in the world.

I’m not comparing it to war zones or developing nations, but to "developed countries" in North America and Europe.

The more I browse Reddit, the more I see chaotic videos full of protests, riots, and shoplifting in the developed countries.

The scenes I have never seen and can’t even imagine happening in Taiwan.

People used to associate Europe with a peaceful nature, but now many famous European countries like France Spain UK and Germany seem to go through frquent riots, street crimes and even border control is out of hand. This is same with NA.

I might be biased, but I feel there are very few countries that are actually more peaceful than Taiwan in the world. And now I get many foreigners do not want leave Taiwan.

But seriously glad this isn’t a Taiwan only issue and others are struggling as well. What are these city planners thinking?

I have received a TEFL job offer in Taiwan, with the start being in 4 weeks from now. Is it realistic for me to be able to sort out my documents and arrive in Taiwan in 4 weeks, and start working straight away? I am currently living in the UK and I don't have any documents appostiled but I have a recent police check. Is this common practice or is it suspicious? It is with a big chain school buxiban

我是一名宜蘭媽媽，孩子目前就讀國立宜蘭高級中學。

今天孩子回家後告訴我，學校安排他去「組織抽血」，而且他自己也被抽了三四管血。整件事我完全不知情，學校事前沒有任何通知、沒有徵求家長同意、也沒有說明抽血用途、抽多少、由誰執行、是否有醫療人員在場。

我聽到當下非常氣憤。高中生還是未成年，抽血屬於侵入性醫療行為，怎麼可以完全跳過家長知情同意？孩子被抽三四管血，量也不少，學校就這樣直接安排，實在太過分。

更讓我不安的是，我開始懷疑這批血液會不會被拿去基因檢測、做某種統計，甚至用在我完全不知道的用途上。學校完全沒有說明，家長也完全被排除在外，這種不透明的做法，很容易讓人往壞處想。如果真的是做基因相關檢測或大規模資料收集，為什麼不事先公開告知？為什麼不給家長選擇權？

我想問：

1. 國立宜蘭高中這樣做合法嗎？有沒有違反相關規定？
2. 其他家長有沒有遇到類似情況？學校有沒有說明抽血真正用途？
3. 如果家長想查清楚血液最後去了哪裡、有沒有被拿去做基因檢測或統計，可以怎麼做？
4. 學校如果要做健康檢查或相關抽血，正常程序應該是什麼？

我現在非常擔心孩子的健康與個資安全，也很生氣學校完全把家長排除在外。如果有人知道該怎麼申訴或反映，也請告訴我。謝謝。

I'm going to Taiwan next month and just realised a campervan might be a good idea. How strict are local authorities about parking in public car parks overnight? For example, if I tried to discreetly sleep in a van at the Wuling Pass car park, would the police move me on?

Legislator Su Chiao-hui (蘇巧慧), the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) candidate for New Taipei City mayor, has a 13.1 percentage point lead over her Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rival Lee Shu-chuan (李四川), a poll released yesterday showed.

The poll, commissioned by the Taipei Trust in Democracy Association, showed that 43.1 percent of respondents said they would vote for Su, up 7.9 percentage points from a poll conducted in late August, while support for Lee was at 30 percent, down 4.7 percentage points.

It showed that 48.6 percent of respondents thought Su would make a suitable mayor, compared with 35.9 percent for Lee.

Does anyone know where in Taiwan I could find this plushie? I've seen them in Japan only so far, but I was wondering if there might be a distributor here.

The incident occurred during the deciding game between Taiwan's Lin Yun-ju and Japan's newly ranked world number one, Sora Matsushima. Having recovered from a 0-6 deficit to trail 9-10, Lin was preparing his serve when Matsushima shouted and pointed to the stands, indicating a flash. Matsushima abruptly halted play without signaling the umpire, resulting in a yellow card. When play resumed, Matsushima won the final point on a counter-attack, securing an 11-9 victory and denying Lin his first WTT Smash title.

The interruption initially sparked controversy. Lin's agent took to social media to criticize the sudden disruption, suggesting it could have been a "dirty tactic" that startled both viewers and the server. Fans subsequently accused Matsushima of employing unfair methods to win.

However, video footage that surfaced on Tuesday confirmed a camera flash went off three times in the stands facing Matsushima just as he prepared to receive the serve. The source was identified as Taiwanese junior players who were in the city to compete in the Beijing Youth Smash.

Hung Chi-po, former head coach of the Songshan High School team, clarified that the junior players were recording the match and had accidentally left their flash on. He emphasized that the interference was completely unintentional, adding that the young athletes are deeply remorseful and have been provided with psychological counseling since returning to Taiwan.

In a public statement, the joint Songshan-Chengzheng table tennis team apologized to the players, coaches, and on-site staff affected by the disruption.

"We extend our most sincere apologies for the disruption and impact caused by the use of the camera flash during the 2026 Beijing Smash men's singles final," the organization stated.

The team added it will use the incident to educate its students on the importance of respecting competition rules, maintaining venue order, and taking responsibility for their actions to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

Hello everyone,

I’m a PI Engineer 1 at a major company in Vietnam with deep experience in RTL, STA, synthesis, and full-chip flow. I also have some hands-on experience using HSPICE to simulate and characterize CMOS analog blocks (amplifiers, LDOs, current references, etc.).

I’m very interested in switching to Analog IC Design (especially RF, mmWave, or biomedical applications) and am currently preparing Master’s applications at top research groups in Taiwan (NTU, NTHU, NCKU, NCTU, etc.). I would really appreciate any insights or advice from people who have experience in these programs.

Here are my main questions:

1. Do any of these labs accept and train new Master’s students who have no prior analog background (only digital design or CMOS simulation experience)?
2. If accepted, how long does it typically take for students to be fully trained and start contributing real work (e.g., designing analog blocks and participating in tape-out projects)?

Additionally, is it realistic after 2 years in a Master’s program to complete:

• Tape-out of 1 analog chip (single block or small IP)
• Publication of 1–2 papers in international conferences

(edited to clarify question.)
Scenario: Someone obtains Taiwan citizenship through marriage and gives up previous citizenship in Country #1. Would this person be allowed to keep Taiwanese citizenship if he later obtains citizenship in USA?

I am aware that natural-born Taiwanese can have dual citizenships.

I won the draw and they never sent me the QR code so I had to go on the website to find out that the code had expired. The special link also wasn’t working for 18hours after I arrived in Taiwan. Called so many people to request assistance and they said there’s no way to claim the prize now lol

Hello, Im a masters student At IIT roorkee and i have to select one professor at NTHU (college of semiconductor research) but thing is they are not replying to me or my professor. We have MoU with NTHU and the administration is collaborating but the professors are not. Can anyone help in this matter

Hi! I am planning to have a day tour cycling in taiwan around March next year. Which one is best to cycle for day tour? (targetting not more than 100km). Is it near kaohsiung or taipei? and how much is the bike rental? planning to rent a road bike.

any recommendation is appreciated.

Does anyone have ELTA.TV login details I would be able to use to watch PSG vs Man City tonight? I’m travelling with my brother and we’re massive football fans. We have access to a tv with ELTA.TV app but cannot login or make an account as we do not have a Taiwan issued credit card. If you would be willing to share just for tonight we would be so grateful. Pm me

Come to Babylon Taipei 110, Taiwan, Taipei City, Xinyi District, Songshou Rd, 12號Babylon Taipei11樓

Tonight if you want just meet people. You can meet me too. Find me in with the hat in the pic😂

Picture is Italian airport (link below)

I have seen this in Malaysia where Taiwanese actually peel sticker covering Taiwanese flag. Honestly all EU citizens sympathize with Taiwan and would even add Taiwan sticker as they cannot deny entry own citizens. Why there is no action from Taiwan government to hand out taiwan stickers at departure from TPE? Would it cause diplomatic issues?

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnfilteredChina/comments/1t0n4oz/taiwan_flag_no_longer_uncovered_at_klia/

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1x3zhco/this_sign_at_romefiumicino_airport_showing_the/

I was ridding a youbike from work to home and I crashed into a car I was trying to avoid. And now I’m injured got taken into the hospital paid 800NTD for CT scan and medicines and health checkup.

I have a follow up checkup on thursday and also have to go to police station.

Youbike was left at the scene of the accident by the police and has been racking up rent money.

Called the youbike company and they said they cant stop it manually!?? I need to return the bike.

I’m probably gonna pay fines arent I?
I’m worried about the police visit because my mandarin isnt good and the car driver might have put all the blame on me.

Hi, I want to apply for internship through TEEP Taiwan. And from what I research, we should approach the professor or administrator by email. Is there any format for the email? Or how the correct way to apply for the internship?

Thank you in advance!

My apologies in advance if I sound ignorant, I've only recently started to research Taiwan's recent history and political developments.

Apparently, since one of the constitutional reforms, the president has the power to order the temporary dissolution of the Legislative Yuan (presumably to avoid a political deadlock?), which means that a new election for its members will take place. Has this ever happened? I've read about some deadlock-like situations when the party in power didn't win the majority in the Legislative Yuan, but I don't remember ever reading about a president actually taking that step. And can the same previous members of the LY be elected again, or are new members necessary?

Additionally, does anyone have any good sources to suggest to read in depth about Taiwanese politics/economy? I can read Mandarin Chinese and I've found some interesting newspaper archives, but I'd like more. Besides, is there a way to see the transcription of open debates, such as parliamentary (LY) debates? I imagine there must be lots of them. My country (Canada) has a website dedicated to recording debates that occurred in the past twenty years or so with transcripts of the whole discussions, each speaker named. Does Taiwan have such a website? I'd like to search specific terms or topics and see, for example, what politician of which party said about something.

Thank you in advance for any answers! You can answer in Mandarin if you prefer.