Strange News

If you ever watch TV news in Taiwan, you will notice something really strange going on…all the time! For some reason there is always something weird going on with Taiwan life. From violent food fights in the Taiwan political arena to constant protests about something and anything, there is always something interesting to watch on Taiwan News Channels. My friends from Singapore told me they like to watch the Taiwan News because it’s like a big drama.

Currently the biggest news in Taiwan is the owner of FoxCon, one of the richest man in Taiwan and 60 something years old, just got married to a 30 year old hottie. This won’t be that strange except that his previous wife recently died this last 3 months from cancer and he professed his undying love for her at her funeral. Then proceeded to chase after numerous girls including the Asia supermodel Lin Chi-Ling.

Interesting enough, news about Taiwan rarely makes to the states though. Usually the only news is about the political situation between China and Taiwan…and earthquakes. However if non-political and non-earthquake news makes it to the states, then it is usually the very very strange ones. For example a recent one was about a Vietnamese woman who came to Taiwan to search for her Taiwan father who she never ever met. The woman took at job as a housekeeper in Taiwan taking care of this old man. While she was working she would spend time searching for her father. Then couple years later when she was about to go back home and give up, she had a picture of her mom and dad out when the old man came in and saw the picture. It turns out the old guy was her actual dad and she has been taking care of him for 2 years without knowing. Strange isn’t it? Like something straight out of a TV drama.

However my all time favorite of Taiwan news which made it to the states has to be this one which happened 4 years ago. It’s weird, it’s strange, and freaking hilarious. Just read it and laugh.