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Taipei -Author毛貓大少爺

Only 2.3% of the Taiwanese population is native, 97.7% are ethnically Chinese

 

Taiwan is the size of Belgium but has 23 million residents, Belgium has 11 millions: 90% of the population lives along a strip of land along the east coast, 50% of the island is covered in forest

 

Taiwan is forward-thinking and progressive, it make gay marriage legal in 2019 unlike Japan, Korea and China where LGBT people face discrimination

 

Taiwan’s official title is the Republic of China (RoC) and China is known as the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

 

The national dish is stinky tofu: Its crispy skin tofu has a crackling consistency surrounding the chewy, cakey goodness within. Each cube has an “injection” of soy sauce that gushes out with every bite. The secret of the stink is the fermentation process that can take several days to a week.

 

In Taiwan, white symbolises death and is worn at funerals

Red is used at weddings.

 

Taiwan has been ruled by China, Japan and briefly Holland

 

The National language of Taiwan is Mandarin

 

Taiwanese life are influenced by Chinese culture

 

Taiwan’s Taipei 101 building was the tallest building in the world until until 2007 when the Burj Khalifa was built. {facts from -wheregoesrose,com

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Uploaded on May 24, 2022