Tuesday, December 14, 2010
What do we have in America that they don't have in Taiwan?
What do we have in America that they don't have in Taiwan?
We have a foreign exchange student in Taiwan and we want to send her something cute and special but most things we have here they have there. What kinds of send-able foods do we have?
Taiwan - 8 Answers
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1 :
big eyes! no but serriously, nothing! because taiwan is technicaly part of china, and since almost everything we owe in the us comes from china, you would be giving her, her own stuff. you should give her a native american artifact. thats the only thing we have that wasnt made in a foreign country.
2 :
Brian, it's obvious you've never been there. Taiwan is a different country, it's like you saying north and south Korea are the same, different writing system, government, currency, passport, military, etc. Until recently it was even impossibly to fly directly from one to the other. Things in the US labeled as made in China are made in China, there aren't as many made in Taiwan products anymore. But, to answer the original question, they do have everything there but some things are way more expensive. My friends there are always looking for Jeans (any American brand, but mostly Levi's), chocolate (not the plain kind but like Kisses with nuts, or dark chocolate), sour gummy candy, when I'm sending something I will usually look for a cute tin with the candy inside, like a giant M&M head with M&M's inside for example. When you send it use your own packaging and send it 1st class at the post office, trust me on this one, much cheaper and still get's there in 7 days.
3 :
Cheese is not common there.
4 :
Cheez Whiz. I have never seen aerosol cheese in Taiwan, but it is sold everywhere in America.
5 :
Safety in the knowledge that hundreds of Chinese missiles are not being pointed at them from bases along China's SE coast.
6 :
root beer, Twinkies, butterfingers, Dairy Queen :P
7 :
I don't recommend you send foods, because if she's from Taiwan, then she'll probably prefer Chinese food. and there's no food in US that you can get that is better or even comparable to what she can get in Taiwan. This is why a lot of Taiwanese in America or Canada travel back to Taiwan for a few months to literally enjoy the food there. I suggest you send something else other than food... oh and if you do decide to send cheese, make sure she actually likes cheese! A lot of Chinese people don't like cheese (me included). Cheese makes me want to barf, and i'm not alone in this thinking.
8 :
maybe diet root beer, diet pepsi, twinkies, any sugar free drinks but for zero and diet coke.
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