Posts from ‘January, 2010’

Chewing Chinse input using pinyin

Why did I never know that you can input Chinese using pinyin on the Chewing input method? I always thought it was purely a zhuyin input method, but there is an option to use pinyin with Chewing. This makes Chewing the choice input method for traditional Chinese on Linux input systems such as IBus and [...]

One step closer to US visa waiver for Taiwanese?

It’s always nice to see that US officials are optimistic about Taiwan being included on the US visa-waiver program. It would be nice to see some sort of time frame. Six months from now? A year? Five years? Taipei Times – archives US optimistic on visa waiver An official of the US Department of Homeland [...]

Taiwan universities to invite Chinese students

Good news for the Taiwan higher educational system: Taipei Times – archives Schools aiming to attract Chinese pupilsAIMING FOR SEPTEMBER: Proponents of amendments that would allow Chinese students to study in Taiwan want the legislature to pass them in the current session STAFF WRITER, WITH AP AND CNA , TAIPEIFriday, Jan 08, 2010, Page 2 [...]

Taiwan income taxes to be lowered

Hey USA, look at this! Taiwan has national health care and amazingly low taxes. As with most people with an average income, I fall into the 12% bracket (down from 13%) after claiming very generous standard deductions on my income. In fact, if I were to teach the bare minimum, taking on no additional seminars [...]