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The 2006 Taipei Game Show
Ryan Joseph Hudson wrote to mention his impressions of the 2006 Taipei Game Show. The article on his LJ is full of photos of the event, and some fairly cynical commentary on what was offered by the exhibitors. From the article: "I don't know what I had in mind, walking in there. I thought I'd see some new games, I guess. And I did. Unfortunately, they were all in Chinese. Sony and Microsoft tried to make a showing. That didn't work. Local companies, Chinese companies, Korean companies, and this guy all stole their thunder. I should hasten to add that there was also a World of Warcraft display. This included a giant World of Warcraft Tour Bus and a giant inflatable orc. The orc was anatomically correct. Still all of these foreign companies made a weak showing. They weren't on their home turf and it showed."
It depends on who you ask.
The government of China will tell that it is, the government of Taiwan will tell you that it is in Taiwan. The People's Republic of China has absolutely no control over any of Taiwan, so its generally accepted that Taiwan is a seperate country.
The guy who stole their thunder is selling an "Internet Passport" program that does full screen translation between several languages, and also converts between Traditional and Simplified Chinese. It also claims to be the first that will speak out the translated text or something. I don't understand why the article says the guy stole all their thunder, but language translation software are incredibly popular in Taiwan.