Yeah, Asia in general is more about not standing out. The gov's control can be exerted at any time and right now "they" are busy painting the worldwide chaos on Western people's relative noncompliance (e.g., regarding covid, gun violence, etc.).
I don't trust Western medicine either. Taiwan's medical system has been taken over by Western medicine I think. Eastern medicine is looked down upon and suppressed by the establishment. Probably not just a western vs eastern medicine thing, and just on which establishment/agenda is dominant behind the medicines.
From what I see, I don't think the feminine male thing has caught on in Taiwan compared to Korea and Japan. And definitely the plastic surgery hasn't caught on as it has in Korea. The rainbow parades seem to have increased in number the past decade though. I think Taiwan is still mainly in the "feminist movement" stage. I think China's constant threats of invading Taiwan the past 50+ years or so has helped Taiwan's populace from being too complacent in that regard. That said, a lot of Taiwanese get their international news from CNN. And, they are very fearful of covid even 2 years out. For example, I think there was news that a factory that manufactured HCQ burned down in Taiwan in the early days of covid, but there was a Taiwanese media blackout about that... So very suspicious. I'm worried about the whole China vs. Taiwan thing though, but not much I can do except pray and analyze events as they happen.
Yeah, Asia in general is more about not standing out. The gov's control can be exerted at any time and right now "they" are busy painting the worldwide chaos on Western people's relative noncompliance (e.g., regarding covid, gun violence, etc.).
I don't trust Western medicine either. Taiwan's medical system has been taken over by Western medicine I think. Eastern medicine is looked down upon and suppressed by the establishment. Probably not just a western vs eastern medicine thing, and just on which establishment/agenda is dominant behind the medicines.
I don't think the feminine male thing has caught on in Taiwan compared to Korea and Japan. And definitely the plastic surgery hasn't caught on as it has in Korea. The rainbow parades seem to have increased in number the past decade though. I think Taiwan is still mainly in the "feminist movement" stage. I think China's constant threats of invading Taiwan the past 50+ years or so has helped Taiwan's populace from being too complacent in that regard. That said, a lot of Taiwanese get their international news from CNN. And, they are very fearful of covid even 2 years out. For example, I think there was news that a factory that manufactured HCQ burned down in Taiwan in the early days of covid, but there was a Taiwanese media blackout about that... So very suspicious. I'm worried about the whole China vs. Taiwan thing though, but not much I can do except pray and analyze events as they happen.