Love and Loneliness in Taiwan by David Signer

走，過去就是邊境了:Love and Loneliness in Taiwan (by David Signer) - Yam天空部落

English translation by Mick Katerberg

(This article is originally written in German by Swiss journalist David Signer, published on Swiss weekly magazine "Die Weltwoche" (The World Week) in June 2006. One month later, it is translated into Dutch and stated on TROUW newspaper in Holland. Then came the english translation and half a year later in Jan 2007, comes Chinese version.)


Twenty years ago Taiwan changed from a dictatorial country towards a democracy. This process speeded up to a fast modernization of the country. Nowadays we see the strong Confucian working-moral besides gay-clubs and piercing studios. Colorful Taoist temples along side big glass skyscrapers and supermarkets that are open 24 hours a day. The Swiss anthropologist describes a mixed up society where everybody works as hard as possible and where love and sex seem to be of no importance.
(By David Signer)