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Taipei Times reported a story about foreigners maintaining blogs/websites in Taiwan. The article features Michael Turton, a foreigner living in Taiwan, who has created a blog in reaction to the toxic news environment there. I think voices like his are doing a great job at filling the gaps in understanding by westerners about what is […]

Meeting recently with Ching, I learned that online payments with credit cards are quite common in Taiwan, especially on sites such as PCHome and books.com. Second to online payments are payments made at local 7-11s. Ching mentioned this method of payment requires vendors to give as much as a 30% cut to 7-11. Ouch.
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