Americans in Taiwan??
I decided to work in taiwan but i need information. If someone wants to help me please write me at anca2007@lycos.com. Many thanks.
Immigration - 2 Answers
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what exactly are you going to do in Taiwan? As far as I know, Taiwan has rather tight immigration regulations these days. It used to be that any Americans who couldn't find jobs in the U.S. would go over to Taiwan and teach English and make good money, but it is not the case any more. Taiwan is a beautiful and modern country with friendly people who treat foreigners very well. You would be amazed by the stunning natural beauty of the island our own problems, of course, the current administration is a tumor itself to the growth and renaissance of the country. We are not quite up there with managing the world class natural beauty of the landscape. Make sure you get all the necessary documents for your visa before you go.
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i;ve been there so many times, i love it. You can teach there. Try go outside of the big cities if you want to find work right away, look for a cram school
Friday, October 21, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Is the leader of Taiwan working in Taiwan's interests or is he paid by China to undermine TW
Is the leader of Taiwan working in Taiwan's interests or is he paid by China to undermine TW?
Mr. Ma, the non- president of a non-country he won't admit exists, is working with organized crime interests to sell out Taiwan to his partners in China. Why do Taiwanese people tolerate him? He needs to be removed by all means possible and a new constitution needs to replace the dead, meaningless document that serves as the 'guidance' for the people of Taiwan. Is stability worth selling your environment, freedom, future and home for? Will gangsters really give you stability? Would you trust your child growing up with the Chinese government shaping their minds? Is Ma committing treason by dealing with China? Should the armed forces protect his administration? I can agree with the idea that you voted for him. Can you agree to sign a document that effects you for all eternity without looking at it or getting any straight answers? Can you agree to support a group with strong associations with mafia? Do you like people making one law for THEM and a different law for YOU? I am not trolling, I am just trying to get people to think about the implications of what is happening to their country. It seems nobody realizes this is happening in front of them. Opening communication is a good thing. You have telephones and the internet and direct phone lines (ie Russia and USA zero hour phone line.) Opening up your bank vault and handing over all your trade secrets seems like another thing. I just think it would be a reasonable thing to SEE what is up for discussion amongst the leaders and at least have the option to walk away from the table. Now, admittedly after some thought, I gotta say, he really doesnt have a lot of bargaining room. The international community has betrayed Taiwan and turned their backs on it's government. There are no allies of any real use who would allow Taiwan to change its constitution, or who would recognize a new non-nuclear group against the wishes of a powerful nuclear weapon holder/ economic giant. Money talks, and realities must decide these things. However it still sucks. He will be remembered in history as the guy who lost Taiwan. But perhaps he has saved countless lives... ? ? I take back the traitor. -I wasnt able to finish above. I take back the libel 'traitor' But it still REALLY sucks. A LOT. I don't know if I could stay here if it gets signed without some open discussion allowed by the people at SOME level and for some concerns to be addressed. Otherwise it just feels like the general rape of Taiwan just happened and the world recorded it for porn purposes. Edit: Good answers, other than being called a troll, but I prefer the term fisherman in this case, I am trolling for answer-fish. :) My wording was a bit provacative, I guess. I still don't think what he is up to now can be the right path, it is too secretive and it seems he is avoiding giving answers or explaining details to the public.
Taiwan - 3 Answers
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You're such a troll. Taiwan is a democratic country and the Taiwanese people went out in droves and performed their democratic right and voted for the person they wanted as president. Mr. Ma won the election fair and square. The losers are never happy regardless of the country - look at all the people who claim Obama rigged the election or are saying stupid things like he's not eligible because he's not American etc. Also, I don't think there's anything wrong with opening up the lines of communication with China, which Taiwan has had and continues to have a strained relationship with. Just because you talk with China doesn't make you less Taiwanese. Should we all just refuse to talk/associate with China and its people. I'm not that bigoted or stupid to believe that there's anything wrong with trying to have better relations yet also maintaining that we ARE a country and that we ARE a democracy and that we ARE NOT a part of the PRC.
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Like or not, President Ma and his cronies are "untouchable". We can complain all we want, to no avail. 80% of the people could be against him, and it still wouldn't matter. The agreement will be signed into law. Two years more years is plenty of time to rake in the immediate profits on the sale of Taiwan, and to guarantee a perennial income on the deals. He only needed a couple of years to set it up, so he doesn't need to care at all about being re-elected. The damage to Taiwan will already be done. Lovely thought, ain't it? Maybe next time around the people of Taiwan will go back to electing a Taiwanese leader instead of a Chinese one. I'm wondering... If that should happen, would Ma then get a lifetime jail sentence for engaging in the normal but illegal activities that are a career politician's bread-n-butter? Alas, I suppose I'd better watch my mouth, because I do work for him (indirectly) and love Taiwan enough to never want to leave it. EDIT: I agree with Ajeet!
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I think Ma is really naive and he believes the Commies will keep their promises to him!! So far there were quite a few deals signed with the PRC with Lien etc but nothing has come out of it. He still does not see it!! He really is not a capable leader. Tsai Ing Wen should forget about the Presidency and concentrate on building up Grassroot support. As one can see, It is the Legislature which controls Stuff here in Taiwan Not the Presidency,With the LY always under KMT control, things will not get any better. The PRC has signed so many many agreements with the US during Clinton, Bush and now Obama's term , but they just dont follow up , giving many reasons why they cannot keep their part of the agreements. However, they make damn sure that the US honors everything they said they will do. The US is so stupid to think that the PRC has influence in the RoK and Iran and if you look at all the Incidents over the last 12 years, those 2 countries did what they pleased no matter what the PRC leaders did during bilateral meeting with them. The PRC commies are the King of BS and poor Mr. Ma, He is going to be buried under a heap of their crap!!
Mr. Ma, the non- president of a non-country he won't admit exists, is working with organized crime interests to sell out Taiwan to his partners in China. Why do Taiwanese people tolerate him? He needs to be removed by all means possible and a new constitution needs to replace the dead, meaningless document that serves as the 'guidance' for the people of Taiwan. Is stability worth selling your environment, freedom, future and home for? Will gangsters really give you stability? Would you trust your child growing up with the Chinese government shaping their minds? Is Ma committing treason by dealing with China? Should the armed forces protect his administration? I can agree with the idea that you voted for him. Can you agree to sign a document that effects you for all eternity without looking at it or getting any straight answers? Can you agree to support a group with strong associations with mafia? Do you like people making one law for THEM and a different law for YOU? I am not trolling, I am just trying to get people to think about the implications of what is happening to their country. It seems nobody realizes this is happening in front of them. Opening communication is a good thing. You have telephones and the internet and direct phone lines (ie Russia and USA zero hour phone line.) Opening up your bank vault and handing over all your trade secrets seems like another thing. I just think it would be a reasonable thing to SEE what is up for discussion amongst the leaders and at least have the option to walk away from the table. Now, admittedly after some thought, I gotta say, he really doesnt have a lot of bargaining room. The international community has betrayed Taiwan and turned their backs on it's government. There are no allies of any real use who would allow Taiwan to change its constitution, or who would recognize a new non-nuclear group against the wishes of a powerful nuclear weapon holder/ economic giant. Money talks, and realities must decide these things. However it still sucks. He will be remembered in history as the guy who lost Taiwan. But perhaps he has saved countless lives... ? ? I take back the traitor. -I wasnt able to finish above. I take back the libel 'traitor' But it still REALLY sucks. A LOT. I don't know if I could stay here if it gets signed without some open discussion allowed by the people at SOME level and for some concerns to be addressed. Otherwise it just feels like the general rape of Taiwan just happened and the world recorded it for porn purposes. Edit: Good answers, other than being called a troll, but I prefer the term fisherman in this case, I am trolling for answer-fish. :) My wording was a bit provacative, I guess. I still don't think what he is up to now can be the right path, it is too secretive and it seems he is avoiding giving answers or explaining details to the public.
Taiwan - 3 Answers
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1 :
You're such a troll. Taiwan is a democratic country and the Taiwanese people went out in droves and performed their democratic right and voted for the person they wanted as president. Mr. Ma won the election fair and square. The losers are never happy regardless of the country - look at all the people who claim Obama rigged the election or are saying stupid things like he's not eligible because he's not American etc. Also, I don't think there's anything wrong with opening up the lines of communication with China, which Taiwan has had and continues to have a strained relationship with. Just because you talk with China doesn't make you less Taiwanese. Should we all just refuse to talk/associate with China and its people. I'm not that bigoted or stupid to believe that there's anything wrong with trying to have better relations yet also maintaining that we ARE a country and that we ARE a democracy and that we ARE NOT a part of the PRC.
2 :
Like or not, President Ma and his cronies are "untouchable". We can complain all we want, to no avail. 80% of the people could be against him, and it still wouldn't matter. The agreement will be signed into law. Two years more years is plenty of time to rake in the immediate profits on the sale of Taiwan, and to guarantee a perennial income on the deals. He only needed a couple of years to set it up, so he doesn't need to care at all about being re-elected. The damage to Taiwan will already be done. Lovely thought, ain't it? Maybe next time around the people of Taiwan will go back to electing a Taiwanese leader instead of a Chinese one. I'm wondering... If that should happen, would Ma then get a lifetime jail sentence for engaging in the normal but illegal activities that are a career politician's bread-n-butter? Alas, I suppose I'd better watch my mouth, because I do work for him (indirectly) and love Taiwan enough to never want to leave it. EDIT: I agree with Ajeet!
3 :
I think Ma is really naive and he believes the Commies will keep their promises to him!! So far there were quite a few deals signed with the PRC with Lien etc but nothing has come out of it. He still does not see it!! He really is not a capable leader. Tsai Ing Wen should forget about the Presidency and concentrate on building up Grassroot support. As one can see, It is the Legislature which controls Stuff here in Taiwan Not the Presidency,With the LY always under KMT control, things will not get any better. The PRC has signed so many many agreements with the US during Clinton, Bush and now Obama's term , but they just dont follow up , giving many reasons why they cannot keep their part of the agreements. However, they make damn sure that the US honors everything they said they will do. The US is so stupid to think that the PRC has influence in the RoK and Iran and if you look at all the Incidents over the last 12 years, those 2 countries did what they pleased no matter what the PRC leaders did during bilateral meeting with them. The PRC commies are the King of BS and poor Mr. Ma, He is going to be buried under a heap of their crap!!
Friday, October 7, 2011
can the garmin nuvi 256wt be used in taiwan
can the garmin nuvi 256wt be used in taiwan?
i bought the GPS at costco in california. if i bring it to taiwan will it work?
Other - Electronics - 2 Answers
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Yes but you may need different soft ware for maps.
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you can use any gps anywhere you like. however, the catch is that you will have to purchase the maps for that area. so for instance if you want to use your costco purchased gps in taiwan, then you will have to go to garmin and fork out some money to buy the gps updates for that area. gps updates or gps maps for different countries are not cheap and will cost you virtually more than costco sold you the gps. map updates or different countries normally cost in the range of $50 to $99 per country or per map update. Check on their website to see what the current cost is. This is why i bought my gps from newelectronx, because they provide free maps. Dealing with the whole charade of buying new maps each year when i owned a garmin just pissed me off. and then i got a tomtom and the same problem, you had to purchase the maps. the darn maps cost more or half the cost the gps, it is depressing. so to put it bluntly you have to buy the maps from garmin, if you want the garmin gps to work in taiwan. that is just the way it works and the way they make their money.
i bought the GPS at costco in california. if i bring it to taiwan will it work?
Other - Electronics - 2 Answers
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Yes but you may need different soft ware for maps.
2 :
you can use any gps anywhere you like. however, the catch is that you will have to purchase the maps for that area. so for instance if you want to use your costco purchased gps in taiwan, then you will have to go to garmin and fork out some money to buy the gps updates for that area. gps updates or gps maps for different countries are not cheap and will cost you virtually more than costco sold you the gps. map updates or different countries normally cost in the range of $50 to $99 per country or per map update. Check on their website to see what the current cost is. This is why i bought my gps from newelectronx, because they provide free maps. Dealing with the whole charade of buying new maps each year when i owned a garmin just pissed me off. and then i got a tomtom and the same problem, you had to purchase the maps. the darn maps cost more or half the cost the gps, it is depressing. so to put it bluntly you have to buy the maps from garmin, if you want the garmin gps to work in taiwan. that is just the way it works and the way they make their money.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Do I need any type of certification to teach english in china/taiwan
Do I need any type of certification to teach english in china/taiwan?
I am ethnically chinese...I speak english with a perfect north american accent and am able to converse in chinese with a slight accent (chinese people understand me but can tell I am american born). I am liscensed to teach in america and have been teaching elementary school for 3 years. I want to teach english in china or taiwan so i can work on my chinese and learn how to read and write. Do I need to attain any EFL or TEFL certification? Also, is the money good? I'm not trying to get rich but I want to be able to come back with some savings.
China - 6 Answers
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EFT and TEFL certifications will help. generally they will allow you to get a higher paying job but you should be fine in getting a job with just a regular teaching degree from the U.S.
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I dont think u r gonna have problem, whether u have ur certificate or not. Frenz of mine, teach english n earn a good income from that. I also have teaching job as a private tutor, i get paid 140 CNY for an hour.. sounds great?! Other frenz even earn 10,000 CNY as an english teacher in one small school, 20 hours a week. The living cost also quite cheap, so u can save money easily n still have luxury life. Good luck!!
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if you are ethnically chinese then i highly doubt you will be able to get a job teaching english overseas....even though you have a perfect north american accent. I am not saying this to be rude or racist, but it is true. I taught English overseas many years ago and my boss told me they would not hire anyone who wasn't white because they didn't want to confuse the parents or the children. if you apply for a job they will ask you to send them a picture of yourself. To teach in China you do not really need additional training or even a degree to teach with some schools. It really depends on the school. The money is ok and everything is really cheap.
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Bruce - You are good to go! Getting certified in EFL or TEFL will help but if you have a college degree that is enough, you may have a little trouble getting a job, I manage English teachers and I have had Chinese school tell me NO American Chinese, we want the yellow hair and blue eyed ones, you can save a little, I know a guy who taught for two years and took home 25 grand
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I have been to china several times. I have found a good website that gives lots of information about china. www.itsaboutchina.com look under education. I taught there and you can get a kind of job just about any place. Pay is not much.
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Hi. I am an experienced English teacher who has taught in Asia for over 7 years (Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan). The difference between teaching in China and Taiwan are many, but the biggest is money. In Taiwan, you can get a very good salary. You could easily travel and live on it. In China, you make a good salary relative to the local people but would not be able to take foreign vacations a few times a year. In Taiwan, the living standards are quite good as well. The air is clean and the people are very friendly. I enjoyed teaching there. If you are ethnically Chinese, you need to minimize this in any interview. English teachers in Asia are very stereotyped. Looks are very important. More than qualifications to be sure. You do not need to attain any kind of certification. If you do, it amounts to usually 50 dollars more a month in salary. Most language schools have a specific way of teaching and will train you to their specifications. If it is your first time to go there, I recommend going to teach Summer camp. That way you can get an idea of what you are really going to face before you sign into a contract. I taught at american language village. They were not the best camp, but paid me well and kept to all their contract commitments. The payment was high enough for 1 month of teaching to pay my airfare, take a trip to Bali and sightsee in Taiwan. If you go to China, you will not find such great needs. Websites such as www.daveseslcafe.com are great to help you find real decent paying jobs teaching overseas. The competition is higher. They even have specific pages for jobs in Korea or in China. If you need more information, send me an e-mail. Teaching in Asia can be a lot of fun. Just make sure you research your company before you start.
I am ethnically chinese...I speak english with a perfect north american accent and am able to converse in chinese with a slight accent (chinese people understand me but can tell I am american born). I am liscensed to teach in america and have been teaching elementary school for 3 years. I want to teach english in china or taiwan so i can work on my chinese and learn how to read and write. Do I need to attain any EFL or TEFL certification? Also, is the money good? I'm not trying to get rich but I want to be able to come back with some savings.
China - 6 Answers
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1 :
EFT and TEFL certifications will help. generally they will allow you to get a higher paying job but you should be fine in getting a job with just a regular teaching degree from the U.S.
2 :
I dont think u r gonna have problem, whether u have ur certificate or not. Frenz of mine, teach english n earn a good income from that. I also have teaching job as a private tutor, i get paid 140 CNY for an hour.. sounds great?! Other frenz even earn 10,000 CNY as an english teacher in one small school, 20 hours a week. The living cost also quite cheap, so u can save money easily n still have luxury life. Good luck!!
3 :
if you are ethnically chinese then i highly doubt you will be able to get a job teaching english overseas....even though you have a perfect north american accent. I am not saying this to be rude or racist, but it is true. I taught English overseas many years ago and my boss told me they would not hire anyone who wasn't white because they didn't want to confuse the parents or the children. if you apply for a job they will ask you to send them a picture of yourself. To teach in China you do not really need additional training or even a degree to teach with some schools. It really depends on the school. The money is ok and everything is really cheap.
4 :
Bruce - You are good to go! Getting certified in EFL or TEFL will help but if you have a college degree that is enough, you may have a little trouble getting a job, I manage English teachers and I have had Chinese school tell me NO American Chinese, we want the yellow hair and blue eyed ones, you can save a little, I know a guy who taught for two years and took home 25 grand
5 :
I have been to china several times. I have found a good website that gives lots of information about china. www.itsaboutchina.com look under education. I taught there and you can get a kind of job just about any place. Pay is not much.
6 :
Hi. I am an experienced English teacher who has taught in Asia for over 7 years (Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan). The difference between teaching in China and Taiwan are many, but the biggest is money. In Taiwan, you can get a very good salary. You could easily travel and live on it. In China, you make a good salary relative to the local people but would not be able to take foreign vacations a few times a year. In Taiwan, the living standards are quite good as well. The air is clean and the people are very friendly. I enjoyed teaching there. If you are ethnically Chinese, you need to minimize this in any interview. English teachers in Asia are very stereotyped. Looks are very important. More than qualifications to be sure. You do not need to attain any kind of certification. If you do, it amounts to usually 50 dollars more a month in salary. Most language schools have a specific way of teaching and will train you to their specifications. If it is your first time to go there, I recommend going to teach Summer camp. That way you can get an idea of what you are really going to face before you sign into a contract. I taught at american language village. They were not the best camp, but paid me well and kept to all their contract commitments. The payment was high enough for 1 month of teaching to pay my airfare, take a trip to Bali and sightsee in Taiwan. If you go to China, you will not find such great needs. Websites such as www.daveseslcafe.com are great to help you find real decent paying jobs teaching overseas. The competition is higher. They even have specific pages for jobs in Korea or in China. If you need more information, send me an e-mail. Teaching in Asia can be a lot of fun. Just make sure you research your company before you start.
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