Stareastasia Weird News » Weird Taiwan News http://weird.stareastasia.com Weird news and odd stuff from from China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Thu, 03 May 2012 11:46:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 No pants day in Taiwan http://weird.stareastasia.com/2011/02/no-pants-day-in-taiwan/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2011/02/no-pants-day-in-taiwan/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:31:47 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=529 Taiwan’s Reebok sportswear had launched a marketing campaign on Feb 15 with a group of pants-less female models boarding a subway.

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2011/02/no-pants-day-in-taiwan/feed/ 0 Taiwan lawmakers fight in Parliament http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/07/taiwan-lawmakers-fight-in-parliament/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/07/taiwan-lawmakers-fight-in-parliament/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:09:49 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=424 Pro-and anti-government lawmakers in Taiwan exchanged punches and threw rubbish bins at each other on July 8 in another raucous parliament session.

[Video:AssociatedPress]

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/07/taiwan-lawmakers-fight-in-parliament/feed/ 0 Weird Taiwan toilet theme restaurant http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/06/weird-taiwan-toilet-theme-restaurant/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/06/weird-taiwan-toilet-theme-restaurant/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:03:46 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=409 The Modern Toilet restaurant in Taiwan made international headlines in 2007 with its bizarre toilet theme design and food. I heard from my friends in Taipei that their business is still going strong, amazingly.

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/06/weird-taiwan-toilet-theme-restaurant/feed/ 0 The 500 seconds traffic light http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/06/the-500-seconds-traffic-light/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/06/the-500-seconds-traffic-light/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:31:02 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=152 How long would you become irritated waiting for a red light to turn green? A traffic light in Kenting, Taiwan, is testing the drivers’ patience with a 500-second stop. Video in Chinese…

The video said that Germans have a tolerance of 60 seconds wait on a red light, while English only 45 seconds. Imagine what happen if these people are visiting Kenting.

[Video:ChinaTimes]

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Taiwanese sidekicks

Unlike Japanese Yakuza which can operate their business legally, Taiwan factions can only make their living profit illegally. Their major incomes source were underground banks, protection fees from eight major industry, underground gambling, engineering projects, casino, etc.

However the economic slowdown wave also hit them. Many sidekicks were either sacked or pay cut by their gang master, and many other sidekicks have two jobs at the same time, which are bodyguard and taxi driver.

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