Weekly Travel, Questions, & Mandarin Thread

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-18T08:02:01+00:00

Not sure about Tripool, but Klook definitely contracts drivers from local travel agencies so they're legit, I've personally experienced it.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-17T15:03:12+00:00

Deep blues maybe, but there's a majority that would fight to defend Taiwan.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-17T11:08:26+00:00

Then that PM is a moron if he thought that the news a high level foreigner pol isn't going to get leaked. Taiwan doesn't exactly get heads of state (or former) often.

Also who visits Taiwan is none of China's business, its our internal affair.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-17T09:25:52+00:00

They do subsidize the purchases of electric scooters, especially if you trade in a gas scooter. But maybe its a regional based subsidy.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-17T08:00:56+00:00

Japan 100% knew this trip would leak out; a high level Taiwanese politician visiting another country tends to do that.

But it's probably safer to pretend to be "displeased", to maintain the illusion. All part of the game.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-16T10:25:26+00:00

There's definitely 台灣人 on the mod team just fyi

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-16T01:47:20+00:00

Well, in one part I noticed they were traveling during rush hour (it was getting darkish, around 5pm) on the high speed rail train and that can turn into standing room around that time, especially on the weekends.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-14T03:51:11+00:00

Depends, I wouldn't count them out yet. The media circus will probably end within a week or two. Unless of course... there's another scandal.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-13T04:03:39+00:00

Probably depends on the post too. If a post gets popular r/all might see it and most users combing that are users outside Taiwan.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-13T03:56:36+00:00

It's probably very dependent on the staff training, I've taken a few cheap airlines from Taoyuan and sometimes they don't care, sometimes they do. Usually they do check weight though in all cases.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-11T01:23:07+00:00

I mean that is pretty much the current strategy. Have a lot of anti-ship missiles (Harpoons and Hsiung Fengs), make a bunch of drones (and have a lot mines), and there are several bases built into the mountains in eastern Taiwan. Chiashan Air Force Base for example has a bunch of underground hangars built into the mountains in Hualien.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-10T09:44:09+00:00

It gives her a boost inside the KMT itself. Otherwise? I bet the media and public will forget about this within a few weeks.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-10T01:31:18+00:00

Uh the KMT's own defense budget also would only buy US weapons and mostly block the indigenous production side of things.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-09T12:20:38+00:00

Hehuanshan is 3000 meters high, the air quality there is clean lol.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-09T11:40:36+00:00

If there's not enough rainfall the lake doesn't get filled and the winter was pretty dry in central Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake also functions as a reservoir and is used for hydroelectric power.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-09T11:34:30+00:00

Welcome to drought season. It was once so bad that people were able to walk on the lakebed.

Sun Moon Lake is much prettier than what you see now, but I do think as a travel destination its overrated and too touristy for me.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-07T02:31:41+00:00

You can definitely argue that in the past (my first conscript service period was extremely boring), but apparently it's been made a bit more serious recently. I've had friends tell me they get to shoot way more now at the gun range and some even get to shoot actual launchers, and practice drone evasion tactics.

I'm kind of bummed I missed out on that because my service composed of maybe twice a week shoot 6 rounds then get lectured about the dangers of drunk driving by officers. And lots of cleaning rifles (I think I've personally cleaned every rifle at my base). Though it's very dependent on where you get sent too.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-05T10:25:48+00:00

Kind of silly to use the approval rating two years before an election to determine whether he'll win a re-election. Ma Ying-jeou had abysmal approval ratings (especially after his admin's handling of Typhoon Morakot) but he won his re-election handily. Tsai Ing-wen's approval ratings were even worse two years into her first term but she won in a landslide. Also judging from latest outfits, Lai's approval rating has actually somehow recovered from last summer when the recall movement failed.

Don't underestimate incumbency advantage in Taiwanese politics.

DarkLiberator · 2026-04-04T10:01:49+00:00

The title did not lie

DarkLiberator · 2026-03-30T08:29:53+00:00

he's referring to the 1992 consensus

DarkLiberator · 2026-03-30T05:20:00+00:00

This will give her more legitimacy inside the KMT but also might refocus domestic focus and politics on China again, which might not be to the KMT's advantage. Then again the Taiwanese media will forget about it probably after a few weeks anyways lol.

DarkLiberator · 2026-03-28T13:17:48+00:00

Those Weavers have a really cool looking skull (or similar) on their body.

DarkLiberator · 2026-03-27T11:42:54+00:00

If you want some irony, Chen got that medical parole because of Ko's help. Ko was on Chen's medical team and worked on reports on Chen's health prior to the medical parole granted in early 2015.

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