Taiwan Fact: As a people, Taiwanese walk impressively slowly. Moreover, their formations are impressively obstructive. Two Taiwanese people in a nightmarket can manage to take up the whole alley, which would be more of an issue if it weren't such a small minority of people who were trying to move any faster. Jeff likes to say they are on "island ( Read more... )

Taiwan Fact: Their healthcare is universal and dirt cheap. Everything is free for the poor and for veterans. Preventative treatments, dental work, maternity/child care, checkups, prescription drugs, and traditional Chinese medicine will cost you a co-pay of about $150 ($5 US). One of the guys I was working with told me when he got here from the US ( Read more... )