Should I study-abroad in China or in Taiwan?

fa-la-la-lena
Fri, 09 May 2008 19:37:02 +0000

Well from a taiwanese perspective, beijing/shanghai chinese are the ones with the funny mandarin accents (they add err to almost every word at the end i.e. bian-errrrr in stead of bian). Mainland Chinese also typically say “shhhh” in stead of “ssss.” Its really not a big deal though, we can all understand each other. Taiwanese is spoken widely on the streets, but everyone understands mandarin.

And I’m not gonna go there about Taiwan being unified with china. But that shouldn’t be part of your decision between China/Taiwan at all. And if you want to know more about Chinese history, Taiwan would probably be the better place to go as most of the artifacts in China were either destroyed or brought over to Taiwan in the cultural revolution. Plus, there is no censored media in Taiwan. As for the pollution, Taiwan used to be awful but it has improved a lot in recent years. Don’t know about China