Taiwan

Taiwan is relatively unknown amongst the international community, but this island nation has an exciting lifestyle to offer the expat.

An oblong island about 160 km off the east coast of mainland China, Taiwan is relatively small, making up just over 3600 square kilometers.

Taiwan is a beautiful country, with exotic and diverse geography… mountain ranges, dense forests, and stunning coastline make up the island.

Taiwanese people are friendly and have an incredible food culture they are eager to share with foreigners.

In recent years, more expats have discovered this lesser-known island and have made a move to paradise.

Taiwan has a complicated relationship with its closest neighbor, China… it is, in fact, officially recognized as a part of China. However, with its democratic government, separate constitution, and armed forces, it considers itself distinct from mainland China. China, on the other hand, claims Taiwan as one of its provinces.

Although few Taiwanese want to merge with China, it has threatened to invade Taiwan if its people vote to become independent. For now, Taiwan’s status remains fuzzy, and most of its diplomatic relations with other countries are unofficial.