>>36728
>Someone talk to me about the cyber cred of Taipei and China before I say fuck it and end up in Saudi :D
Meh.
Taiwan is bigger than Taipei. However, Taipei might be the most exciting city in Taiwan.
Taiwan has a mostly benevolent police state. However, the citizens are all so brainwashed that they don't need to be coerced into obedience, so the actual cops are nonviolent nice guys.
This means that Taiwan lacks "punk." There is no drug scene to speak of. Ten years ago, that may have been different. You can't import a lot of things that are legal in the USA, so the laws are pretty restrictive in that regard.
Taiwan … meh. If you have an Asian fetish and you desperately want a yellow-skinned sex partner, then come to Taiwan, and you'll probably get married and stop browsing /cyber/.
There are no adventures to be had in Taiwan. There are no biker gangs. There are no drug-soaked night clubs.
I suppose I should mention ketamine. This is an animal tranquilizer. The locals are so unaware of high-quality drugs that they are willing to sniff ketamine. It's a desperation high, and it's the kind of thing that prostitutes do to numb themselves to the emptiness of their lives.
There are organized crime groups, but they are totally owned by the power elite; they are not rebellious and edgy; they are basically white-collar criminals.