| i think you should go to china. sure, taiwan speaks chinese too and is more western but.. really.. china is.. a lot bigger and where most of the chinese people actually ARE. -_- pollution may be bad but there's a lot more stuff overall... if you're willing to travel a bit there is no lack of historical monuments... nor are there many russian style buildings from what i've seen. cities like beijing and shanghai have high standards of living. i'd say shanghai is even better than beijing in terms of things to do, liveliness, etc.. though obviously beijing might be more useful for historical stuff/government and politics. i haven't been to taiwan so idk how they compare but... the only thing you should really prepare yourself for is the toilets ;P
and you'll see that in shanghai practically all the shopkeepers, etc. speak mandarin. i hardly heard the dialect while i was there.. =/
and taiwanese people speak mandarin with funny accents. =P |