Frankly, I'm quite offended by your completely biased, ignorant statement. I have lived in Taiwan for the past 12 years and I can garuntee that Taiwan does NOT want to be folded back in to China. There is a strong movement for Taiwanese independance. The current Taiwan president is pro-independence and represents the majority of Taiwanese. The only reason Taiwan does not outright declare independance is because of fear of military retaliation from China.
"They don't consider forwarding stolen information to China to be stealing. They all believe that helping the Motherland is their duty."
That is bullshit. Nobody here blieves that "helping the Motherland is their duty." There is a strong anti-mainland sentiment here in Taiwan. I don't know where you get your info from.
I hope you will mature from your ignorant, racists perspective. Go read the international news more often and think before you post.
I don't have any hard numbers, but I'm confident there are a lot more net users in Asia. Living in Taiwan for the past many years, I've noticed that there is a FAR higher percentage of broadbrand users than in the US or Europe. Competition here is healthy with ADSL and cable modem services available for as low as $20/month. The Taipei City government even provides FREE dial-up access, so those with broadbrand can still get internet access. When returning to the US this past summer, I was very surprised how many of my friends rarely use the internet and how even fewer people have broadband.
The US is WAY behind when it comes to anything hi-tech. Here in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, etc., we get all the latest and greatest gadgets well before the US. In fact, many of the coolest cell phones, MP3 players, CD players, and other electronic gadgets never even appear in the US.
Its really quite pathetic how behind the US is technologically (especially the consumers and general population). As I'm moving back to the US, I hope that they can quickly play catch-up to Asia!
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duh.. of course watching Bruce Lee movies isn't gonna help you learn Japanese.. Bruce Lee is Chinese
That is bullshit. Nobody here blieves that "helping the Motherland is their duty." There is a strong anti-mainland sentiment here in Taiwan. I don't know where you get your info from.
I hope you will mature from your ignorant, racists perspective. Go read the international news more often and think before you post.
I don't have any hard numbers, but I'm confident there are a lot more net users in Asia. Living in Taiwan for the past many years, I've noticed that there is a FAR higher percentage of broadbrand users than in the US or Europe. Competition here is healthy with ADSL and cable modem services available for as low as $20/month. The Taipei City government even provides FREE dial-up access, so those with broadbrand can still get internet access. When returning to the US this past summer, I was very surprised how many of my friends rarely use the internet and how even fewer people have broadband.
The US is WAY behind when it comes to anything hi-tech. Here in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, etc., we get all the latest and greatest gadgets well before the US. In fact, many of the coolest cell phones, MP3 players, CD players, and other electronic gadgets never even appear in the US.
Its really quite pathetic how behind the US is technologically (especially the consumers and general population). As I'm moving back to the US, I hope that they can quickly play catch-up to Asia!