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New York Times (2024-12-8): Influential Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao helped shape the idea of romantic love there for generations; In Chiung Yao's (1938-2024) novels, love transcends everything else. It's worth giving up one's family, career, social status, even — literally — one's limbs (in novel "一簾幽夢", 1973).  Radio Free Asia (2024-12-5): Chiung Yao offered a glimpse of a romantic world in which dreams of love were the main point of being alive.   A professor at Fudan University of China said that Qiong "portrayed pure, sincere, passionate, gentle, and firm love. It was a beautiful belief that coexisted with life".   China's Global Times (2024-12-6, 2024-12-4):  Several generations on both sides of the Taiwan Straits have been influenced by Qiong Yao (Chiung Yao), who is dubbed " a cultural symbol of an era" by The Global Times.   Radio Free Asia (Washington D.C.):  Chiung Yao's work was "hugely influential";  Chiung said she always believe in love and idealism.  New York Times:  "Believing in love was Chiung Yao's lifelong mission".   Both her first love and first husband are poor intellectuals.   (BBC, 2024-12-4: Top Chinese language novelist,  arguably the world's most popular Chinese language romance novelist.  AFP, 2024-12-4: wildly popular in the Chinese-speaking world  )

　

However, young adults in today's Taiwan are, mostly,  no longer "Chinese Romeo and Juliet".   

　

　

　


Pic.:  No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2026-5-10, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-9-16, 2025-8-29(Chinese Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8, 2025-3-8,  2024-2-14, 2024-1-1,  2023-2-14, 2022-4-12
　

　



 No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2026-5-7


　

No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2026-4-5

　

　
pic.:   No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Microsoft Bing, 2026-5-10, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29, 2025-8-8, 2025-6-30, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-26, 2025-2-21, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-8-8, 2023-7-8, 2023-4-30, 2023-3-29, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-21, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-7-24, 2022-6-22, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-9, 2022-4-3, 2022-3-31, 2022-3-29, 2022-3-28
　

　

The website group ranks No.1 "Taiwanese love " on Baidu, 2026-5-10


　

　

  

　

　

　

　
marriage for LOVE or for money ??
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Pew Research Org., 2019-2-13, 2013-2-13: Love tops the list of Americans' reasons to marry Americans ( 88% Americans and  93% married people) are more inclined to choose "love" as a reason for marriage than any other factor. (pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/02/13/love-and-marriage/)。 Business Insider (businessinsider.com/love-and-money-what-statistics-say-2012-2),  ForbesWoman survey  found "most marry more for love than for money ".   An American Express survey found that only 43 percent of the general population talked money before marriage.  In MarketWatch (2019-2-14), Randy Kessler , author of a book about divorce says:  "people marry more for romance than for finance. However, for a second or third marriage, people may be looking for financial security".   CNA, Taiwan (台灣中央社), China News (中新網) reported:  65% Taiwanese chose "bread" (money) instead of "love", and 44% admitted they dream all the time to marry a rich guy so as not to work for living. (news.sina.com.cn/o/2010-08-14/144117964604s.shtml) 。 Washington Post, 1-2-2017:  ..."83 percent chose bread over romance" (when it comes to Taiwan independence or reunification) 。

　


How was Taiwanese marriage for money over love ?

　

South China Morning Post (2024-8-6) : Taiwan has one of the highest divorce rates in Asia.   United Daily (Taiwan, 2023-12-17): The divorce rate is rising steadily.  34.75 % divorced within five years of their marriage. 

　

New York Times,  2021-11-18 ("What makes people happy" ): Most world people in a Pew Research Center survey said that family made them the happiest, such as the Australians (56%), New Zealanders (55%), Americans (49%), English(46%), Swedish, Italians, Canadians etc ranked family first, their percentages are about 3-4 times of that (15%) of Taiwanese, the % in Singapore and Japan is about 2 times of that in Taiwan.  Taiwanese ranked "Material well-being" (  US Google AI Overview, 2025-1-3 :  a person's standard of living, which includes their financial situation, the ability to afford necessities, and their satisfaction with their material conditions ) above family.

According to Wikipedia (2022-7-11, 2022-1-23, 2021-11-28): The number of crude Divorce Rate in Taiwan is higher than that in most countries of Asia & Pacific, such as Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, S. Korea, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand,  etc. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_demography ).   Mainland China's divorce rate was worse than Taiwan's.  Telegraph (UK, telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8714097/China-tries-to-stop-women-marrying-for-money-rather-than-love.html) reported that in mainland China, "Most pretty girls now try to trade on their beauty. It is an unhealthy trend", With divorce rates soaring, and widespread worries about a new culture of hyper-materialism, the Chinese government is now trying to stop women marrying for money.p

　

　

　


Pic.:  No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2026-5-10, 2026-2-13, 2025-8-29(Chinese Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2024-3-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-9-3, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22, 2023-6-6, 2023-2-14, 2022-4-12

　

　


　

Pic.:  No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Yandex of Russia, 2026-5-10, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24,  2025-8-29(Chinese Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2025-1-23, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-25, 2024-12-24, 2024-8-8, 2024-3-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22, 2023-3-29, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-21, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-11-29, 2022-11-1, 2022-10-10, 2022-9-26, 2022-9-18, 2022-9-9, 2022-8-16,2022-7-18, 2022-7-4, No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Yandex,  2022-5-27, 2022-5-19, 2022-5-14, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-12,  2022-3-31, 2022-3-17, 2022-3-8, 2022-2-28, 2022-2-14, 2022-2-2, 2022-2-1, 2022-1-29,  2022-1-25, 2022-1-22, 2022-1-20, 2022-1-18, 2022-1-14, 2022-1-12, 2022-1-11, 2022-1-10, 2022-1-9, 2022-1-8


　

　

　

　
PIC. : The sites-group ranks No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Yahoo, 2026-5-10, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29(Chinese Valentine's Day), 2025-8-7, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2025-1-23, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-25, 2024-12-24, 2024-8-20, 2024-3-17, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-9-3, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-21, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-11-29, 2022-10-30, 2022-10-10, 2022-10-1, 2022-9-5, 2022-8-16, 2022-7-24, 2022-7-18, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-22, 2022-6-1, 2022-5-19, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-9, 2022-3-31, 2022-3-17, 2022-3-12, 2022-3-8, 2022-2-28, 2022-2-21, 2022-2-20; No.1"Taiwanese marry for love or money", 2025-7-1, 2025-3-29, 2024-12-25, 2022-10-30, 2022-7-1; No.2 "Taiwanese love" on US Yahoo, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-9, 2022-3-31, 2022-3-29, 2022-3-28
　


 pic.: No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Microsoft Bing, 2026-5-10, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29(Chinese Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-25, 2024-12-24, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-6-22, 2023-2-14, 2022-8-19, 2022-7-24, 2022-6-22, 2022-5-19, 2022-5-7, 2022-4-8, 2022-4-3, 2022-3-28, 2022-3-20, 2022-3-19
　

　

pic.:   No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Microsoft Bing , 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29(Chinese Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8,  2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-26, 2025-2-22

　

　

     

 No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2025-12-23, 2025-6-30, 2025-4-30, 2025-3-28, 2025-3-3, 2024-3-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-9-3, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22, 2023-6-6; No.2 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2025-2-26

　

　

　

　

South China Morning Post (2024-8-6) :  According to Taiwan's SETN TV news report, a Taiwanese wife kept demanding cash from her husband each time he wanted sex; Before the husband filed for divorce, the wife promised to work on their relationship, so he registered their property in her name.   Yamada Masahiro, a Japanese professor specializing in family sociology and gender issues says that in Asia, people place less importance on love. They tend to believe in money more than love.  (A Sociological Look at Japan and Taiwan, Jul. 1, 2022).

　

　
　

　

pic.: No.1 "Taiwanese marry for love or money" on Yandex Russia, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14

　

　

No.1 "Taiwanese love" (Chinese version) on Microsoft Bing, 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29, 2025-8-8, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-3-1

　

No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Yandex, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day) , 2025-12-24, 2025-8-29, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-3-1, 2025-2-26

　

　


　


　

　


 PIC. : "Taiwanese love" ranks No.1 on  Yandex , 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24,  2025-8-29, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-25, 2024-12-24, 2024-8-8, 2024-3-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-9-3, 2023-6-6, 2023-4-30
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pic.:    No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Baidu, 2026-5-10;  on No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Microsoft Bing, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2022-3-28; No.2 "Taiwanese love" on Microsoft Bing at 2022-12-14, 2022-11-29,2022-11-1, 2022-10-21,2022-10-11, 2022-9-18, 2022-9-9, 2022-8-16, 2022-7-18, 2022-7-1, 2022-5-31; No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Bing, 2022-8-19, 2022-8-10; No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Ecosia of Germany, 2022-10-30, 2022-8-19

　

　

　



          

　


 No.1 "Taiwanese love" on US Yahoo , 2025-8-29, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-2-21, 2024-1-1, 2022-5-16

　
　

　

 

　


pic.:  No.1  "Taiwanese  love or money" on Yahoo Japan, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 5-1, 2025-3-29, 2024-3-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22, 2023-4-30, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-16, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-12-14, 2022-12-11, 2022-9-8; No.1  "Taiwanese marry for love or money" on Yahoo Japan (largest search engine in Japan), 2022-12-14;  No.1 "Taiwan love or money", 2022-6-2; No.1 "Taiwanese marry for love or money", "Taiwanese marriage for love or money" ,  2022-5-19, 2022-4-9; No.2 at 2025-5-1, 2023-2-14, 2022-7-22, 2022-7-7, 2022-6-17, 2022-6-7

　

marriage for LOVE
or for money ??

　

 Taiwanese girls
exchange
their bodies
for living resource
 and certain personality　

   Marrying for LOVE  or Money

Abby Rodman, a psychotherapist said in MarketWatch (2019):“Marrying for love is the only good reason to marry. The beauty is most of us (Americans) have the freedom to do that".  
　

Are Taiwanese poor so as to choose money over love ?  According to Credit Suisse, Research Institute (2023), Taiwanese' "Median wealth per adult", USD 108,250, is higher than Americans' USD107,740 (ubs.com/global/en/family-office-uhnw/reports/global-wealth-report-2023.html);  In Sept., 2022, Taiwanese USD 113,940, Americans USD93,270 (credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/global-wealth-report.html).  In June 2021, Taiwanese USD 93,044, Americans USD79,274.   On the report of IMF (International Monetary Fund , 2022,  2021), GDP per capita (PPP) of Taiwan is higher than that of Canada.  (  imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPPC@WEO/POL/GRC/ITA   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita )  Allianz Global Wealth Report (Oct. 12, 2022 allianz.com/content/dam/onemarketing/azcom/Allianz_com/economic-research/publications/specials/en/2022/october/12-10-2022-GlobalWealthReport.pdf) : With net financial assets per capita of 138,220 euros (US$134,364), Taiwan ranked first in Asia, and higher than Canada.   Furthermore, the percentage of college degree Taiwanese is more than that of Americans.   But a study (2021-10-21, cardus.ca/research/family/reports/for-love-or-money/) found only 3.7% young adult Canadians aged 25~34 who are married or intend to marry choose legal protection/financial security.
Or Taiwanese are lazy ? greedy?  or social value systems, culture, national policy, women rights status ... made them to choose all those bourgeois things     ?  ......

 An academic paper of National Chung-Hsing University ( 中興大學, July 2018,  "Flows between the Mainstream and the verge - transmutation of the sex industry in Taichung", 劉育民, 吳政憲教授 ) pointed out: marriage in today's Taiwan, to some degree, retains the logic of exchange in ancient China -  women trade their bodies for living resource and certain personality (某種程度"保留了古老的交換邏輯" ―― 女人以"身體換取生存資源與一定人格"...).  US Google AI Overview 2025-1-10: particularly among younger generations (in Taiwan)... in the societal pressure to find a partner with a good income.

By contrast, CNN, 2016-10-7 (edition.cnn.com/2016/10/07/health/infidelity-breadwinners-cheat-husband-wife/index.html) reported that in the US in four out of 10 households with children, women are the sole or primary breadwinners, based on a 2013 report by the Pew Research Center... more and more women become the sole or primary breadwinners ...
　

A very famous Chinese writer, Eileen Chang (張愛玲), has a saying : "Marrying for financial security is nothing but being a prostitute for long term".  However,  <the China Times >, Taiwan, Oct. 30, 2010 :   "Sneering at the poor instead of the prostitutes" (「笑貧不笑娼」) is Taiwan's social value system .  The Liberty Times, 2015-5-15 ,  talk.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/1318118   "Welcome to the times" ─  "Laughing at the poor instead of the prostitutes" 。
　

The 'gold-diggers' or pretty swindlers back to the future to barter with the rich guys ─ each takes what he/she needs and gains what he/she worths ─  huge money or a green-card (permanent residency in the US worths about USD 1 ~ 1.5+ millions; CNN, 2025-2-26: D. Trump sells PR (green card) for USD 5 millions)......  Those "high-end" materialistic girls at heart are similar to "low-end" mail-order brides.  Wikipedia (2021-12-21, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail-order_bride) "Motivations and stories" reported that most of Asian mail-order brides come from 5 countries including Taiwan.   They are sleeping with 'a carefully calculated set of venal choices'.
　

Medium (US, 2017) said "Often, people who do not marry for love are judged for their decision".   Daily Mail (UK), 2021-10-21: A British woman is accused of 'teaching her daughters to be gold diggers' after admitting she'll advise them that wealth and earning potential is more important than marrying for love... some took it as far as comparing it to 'sex work'.  
　

Money matters in marriage.  But money can't buy you love (Wall Street Journal at 2020-11-21, Brigham Young University, 2012).   Friedrich Engels (German philosopher, critic of political economy) : marriages based on love are moral.   New York Times, 2014-3-9: "In the days of old, the economic basis of marriage was made explicit... Now it has been replaced by romantic love".    Pew research Center, 2013-2-13: Americans believe that love is the main foundation of marriage. (pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/02/13/love-and-marriage/)  Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, 2016-6-10: "marriage is regarded as strictly for those who've declared their romantic love"'。 People's Daily online (China), 2012-10-29: According to mainstream values, true love is a precondition for good marriages...money marriage is the "hell of soul" worse than the "tomb of love".   Rodman (MarketWatch, 2019):  "when life gets tough — and it always does — it's the love that will sustain you, not the cash". 

　

　

★  Taiwanese females like to marry a rich guy,   Apple Daily (蘋果日報),  2015.1.26 

ideal monthly income (NT$) girls in
 Northern TW 		girls in
 middle of TW		 girls in
 Southern TW
a stable job 15% 26% 26%
20,000~30,000 3% 8% 11%
30,000~50,000 13% 21% 26%
50,000~70,000 48% 31% 27%
70,000~100,000 14% 11% 8%
100,000 (about USD3,300)~above 7% 3% 2%

　
★ Voice of America (2022-4-1): Recent university graduates make an average of around US$1,000 a month (median should be lower).   Survey shows young Taiwanese lack savings, are highly indebted.    TwReporter.org (2018-5-25): The median monthly salary of 2016 of all age groups is NT$33,502. (about US$1,100; young people's should be lower)  

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Housing is another important factor of marriage;  Economist (2025-1-30): In Taipei, median house prices are 16 times the median income, this is higher than New York, London.   Bloomberg (2024-1-11): It costs 16 years of annual income to afford a home in Taipei — one of the highest such ratios globally.      ETtoday (2022-1-31, Taiwan): Inability to afford a house is young people's main reason to say no to marriage.  UDN editorial (Taiwan 經濟日報, 2023-5-20) reported same thing.   The Conversation (Australia, 2023-12-21):  Marriage avoidance has become a marked phenomenon. Taiwan's falling birth-rate has become a national security issue.

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United Daily (聯合報,  2023-12-17): 80% of Taiwanese girls aged 25-29 are unmarried, according to government's statistics.

By contrast, 32% of girls aged 18 to 29 in the United States are single, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey.
Renting a house should be a better choice than marrying money.  According to Finance Yahoo (Dec. 30, 2020), renting in Taiwan is much cheaper than that in the US.

　

　

　

　

 
 pic. left: No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Duckduckgo, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day),

2025-12-24, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-24, 2024-8-20, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-6-22,

2022-11-29, 2022-10-30, 2022-10-1, 2022-9-5, 2022-8-16, 2022-7-18, 2022-7-7,  

2022-6-16, 2022-5-19, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-9, 2022-3-28, 2022-3-17, 2022-3-12
　


　



 pic. : No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on AOL, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-12-24, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-24, 2024-8-20, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-6-22, 2023-1-16, 2023-1-1, 2022-11-29, 2022-10-30, 2022-10-1,2022-9-5, 2022-8-16, 2022-7-18, 2022-6-16, 2022-5-19, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-9, 2022-4-1, 2022-3-28,  2022-3-20, 2022-3-12;
No. 2 "Taiwanese love" on AOL, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-6, 2022-3-28

　

　

　

without bread,
love might
 starve to illness;

without love,
bread
becomes
difficult to swallow;


without extreme luck,
you won't have
plenty of both

　


Debts might bring unhappiness to marriage, but a research ( 2014 ) in Emory University found that wealthier couples don't necessarily last longer than those who earn less, and the more you spend on a wedding ceremony, the shorter the marriage.  Many marriages of the celebrities in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China are short -  such as Alexander、Leehom Wang (王力宏): 8 years˴ Barbie Hsu(大S) 10 yrs.˴  Gillian Chung (阿嬌, 鍾欣潼）1 yr.˴ Huang Xiao Ming (黄晓明) 5+ yrs.˴ Cynthia Wu (Shin Kong Life Insurance  vice president)   Jhih-Yan Lin (Hua Nan Financial Holdings  Vice President ) 2 yrs. ˴ Chang Chia-Chen (甄珍) Patrick Tse Ka Yuk (謝賢) 2 yrs. ˴   Chin Han  (秦漢 Sun Siang-chong) ,  Shao Chiao-Ying  9 yrs. ˴  Stella Chang (張清芳) 15 yrs.˴ Steven Liu (劉家昌) Chiang Ching (江青) 4 years ˴ Steven Liu (劉家昌) Chang Chia-Chen (甄珍) 9 years ˴ Winnie Ho (何妤玟) 8 yrs. ˴Belle Yu (于美人)15 yrs.˴ Fukuhara Ai (福原愛) 4+ years. ˴ Kao Kuo-hua, Tsai Yu-hsuan (高國華, 蔡郁璇) 8 yrs. ˴  Brigitte Lin / Lin Ching-Hsia (林青霞) , Charlie Chin (fiancé) 4 yrs. ˴  Annie Yi (伊能靜) , Harlem Yu 8 yrs. ...  (They may divorced for different reasons)  ;  They may had both bread and romance, but money can't save marriage.  China Times, editorial, 2021-12-30 (chinatimes.com/opinion/20211229004676-262101?chdtv): Politician 楊秋興 said 80-90% of Taiwan's lawmakers have affair (or sex scandal, "緋聞").  Taipei Times (2015-8-6) calls Taiwan "Infidelity Island",  Panorama (Taiwan), Aug. 2002 ("Screwing things up - adultery"): A study on extramarital affairs in Taiwan conducted by the TVBS survey center estimates one Taiwanese woman in four suspects her husband of having an affair.
　

In  Science Daily (Feb. 8, 2012), Brigham Young University noted : "Couples where both spouses are materialistic were worse off on nearly every measure.  When both partners are materialistic, they are better off financially – but money is a bigger source of conflict for them".   Telegraph (UK, 2011-8-21), says: In China, "almost half of all divorces see a court squabble over the family assets".

One of biggest marriage-conflicts in Taiwan in recent years is the couple of Belle Yu, she claimed that love is the tomb of marriage, money is the paradise of marriage. ( ref. to tw.news.yahoo.com/愛情和婚姻是兩條平行線！于美人催淚「離婚-10-金句」：愛的成分很少，婚姻才能維繫下去-154300092.html ; star.ettoday.net/news/186529; ns2.doctorvoice.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=82864)  American-Taiwanese super star Leehom Wang is another case, his wife Lee Jinglei was trying to "destroy" him by accusing that Wang has multiple mistresses, cataloged prostitutes, had affair with married woman, and used her as a "chess piece" and had controlled her throughout the marriage (South China Morning Post, 2021-12-20), monitored her private life by rvs remote video surveillance to be a semi "Truman Show"  (UDN, 2021-12-26,  udn.com/news/story/121823/5988620?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2), etc. The serious war of words between the couple became a public trial in which every Taiwanese takes a part (udn.com/news/story/11091/5998228?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub11091_pulldownmenu_v2 2022-1-2;   udn.com/news/story/7340/5992453?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub7340_pulldownmenu_v2   2021-12-28) , and lit up the internet across Asia, made Taiwan's media to collectively lose a sense of responsibility (UDN, editorial, 2021-12-27  udn.com/news/story/7338/5989905?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2) , and seemingly made enough noises to attract the Communist Party's attention - Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned the industry to "pay attention to morals". (ref. to scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3160443/wang-leehom-scandal-communist-party-warns?module=hard_link&pgtype=article  Dec 20;  taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4380609,  taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4382124   2021/12/20 , chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20211221003957-260404?chdtv  2021-12-21) 

Wall Street Journal, 2020-11-21: 'getting and losing money activates the same pleasure and pain centers in the brain, respectively, as falling in love and having your heart broken'. 

　

Education should be a better means for "poverty alleviation" or getting money.

　

According to Wikipedia (Dec. 25, 2021), 45 percent of Taiwanese aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor's degree or higher.  By contrast, the percentage of Americans is only 37.5% in 2020  ( statista.com/statistics/184260/educational-attainment-in-the-us/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20about%2037.5%20percent,population%20had%20graduated%20from%20college.   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Taiwan#:~:text=Due%20to%20its%20role%20in,a%20bachelor's%20degree%20or%20higher. )  

　

But it appears lots more Taiwanese than Americans try to bet money by using marriage, although some do need a marriage to be wealthy in modern Taiwan.

　

　

　

pic.: No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Yandex, 2025-12-25, 2025-8-8, 2025-5-1, 2025-2-19  
2025-2-14, 2025-1-1, 2024-12-24, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-6, 2023-4-30

　

　

 　



pic. : No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Ecosia of Germany, 2025-5-1, 2024-12-19, 2024-2-14; No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Ecosia of Germany, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-21, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-9, 2022-4-4, 2022-3-31, 2022-3-29, 2022-3-28  ;
 No.3 at 2025-2-26; No.2  at  2024-1-1, 2022-6-16 　
　


No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Yandex of Russia, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-1, 2025-2-14, 2024-12-24, 2024-2-14
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No.1 "Taiwanese love" on US Bing, 2025-8-7, 2025-7-1, 5-1, 2025-3-29, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-22, 2025-2-26

　

　

PIC. : No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Swedish entireweb,  2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2023-6-30

　

　

　

PIC. : No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Ecosia (Germany), 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1

　

　


No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Startpage of Neitherland EU, 2026-2-14(Valentine's Day), 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-6-26; No.2 at 2025-3-29; No.3 on Startpage at 2025-3-8, 2025-2-26

　

　

　

 　

　

　


 "Taiwanese love" (Chinese version) ranks No.1 on Microsoft Bing第1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-8, 2025-2-14, 2024-8-8, 2024-3-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22, 2023-6-6, 2023-3-29, 2023-2-28, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-21, 2023-1-16, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-12-14, 2022-12-2, 2022-11-30, 2022-11-8, 2022-11-1, 2022-10-20, 2022-10-8, 2022-9-9, 2022-8-9;  No.2 at 2022-11-29, 2022-10-2, 2022-9-26, 2022-9-18, 2022-9-5, 2022-8-26, 2022-8-19, 2022-8-16, 2022-7-22, 2022-7-18, 2022-5-7,2022-4-26, 2022-4-11, 2022-4-8

　

　

 　

  

　

    Studies on marriage &  divorce


n STATISTA, 2021-11-24 (statista.com/statistics/1078824/taiwan-crude-divorce-rate/): The crude divorce rate of Taiwan stood at 2.19 couples per 1,000 population in 2020. The divorce rate peaked at 2.51 couples per 1,000 population in 2010. The total number of divorce registrations in Taiwan decreased to around 51.7 thousand in 2020    (STATISTA:  In 2020, the resident crude divorce rate in Singapore was 1.7 ) ; Statistical Handbook of Japan 2021: the divorce rate (per 1,000 population) in Japan was 1.57 ;  World Population Review.: S. Korea 2.1, Mongolia 1.3, Qatar 0.4 (Divorce Rates by Country 2021   worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/divorce-rates-by-country))
 n TAIWANnews, 2020-7-11:   One-third of Taiwanese divorces take place within 5 years of marriage, setting a new decade high,  The average duration of the marriages of the couples divorcing last year was 8.17 years, (taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3964637)  
n TAIWANnews, 2019-6-23: An average of 149 couples file for divorce per day in Taiwan in 2018   (taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3730261)
　

★ Wikipedia , 2022-7-11
Divorce statistics by country/region (per 1,000 population / year)
Rank in Asia main country in Asia Crude Divorce Rate
1 Kazakhstan 4.6
2 China 3.2
3 Taiwan 2.3
4 S. Korea 2.2
5 Kuwait 2.2
6 Cyprus 2.2
7 Saudi Arabia 2.1
　 NZ (Asia & Pacific) 2.0
　 Australia  (Asia & Pacific) 2.0
8 Singapore 1.9
9 Jordan 1.8
10 Israel 1.8
11 Japan 1.7
12 Lebanon 1.6
13 Kyrgyzatan 1.6
14 Iran 1.6
15 Malaysia 1.6
16 Azerbaijan 1.5
17 Tajikistan 1.4
18 Thailand 1.4
19 Syria 1.3
20 Qatar 1.1
21 Mongolia 1.1
22 UAE 0.7
23 Vietnam 0.4
24 Sri Lanka 0.15

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_demography

According to Wikipedia (2021-11-28): The number of crude Divorce Rate in Taiwan is higher than that in most countries in Asia & Pacific, such as Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand etc. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_demography ).    United Daily (聯合報), 2021-11-29:  Since 2016, Taiwan became the most "youngsters Never-Marry" or "young peopele marriagefree" country。udn.com/news/story/7340/5923528?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2

★ United Daily, 2022-3-8: According to Academia Sinica, 56% husbands feel very happy, 45% wives feel very happy; Gov data: nearly half of young people, , particularly female, born between 1981 and 1990 are still single.    udn.com/news/story/7339/6147653?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub7339_pulldownmenu_v2
 ★ United Daily, 2022-4-4:  The non-marriage rate of Taiwan's young people is the highest in the world, with 80% of  females between the ages of 25 and 29 unmarried, and more than half of females aged between 30 and 34  unmarried; the males's rate is about the same. Besides, Taiwan's fertility rate is the lowest in the world.  udn.com/news/story/7340/6213572?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 楊志良 (former chief Health Gov., Taiwan)
　

★ Housing & marriage

n United Daily (<聯合報>), 2021-6-17:  udn.com/news/story/7340/5537697?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2   medical expert 楊志良's project found out:  under the circumstances of low salary and high housing price, it will be less and less marriage and child born。(楊志良研究計畫顯示:  在台灣普遍低薪及房價過高的情況下，未來不婚不育的情勢，只會更加嚴峻。近數十年來，女性受教育及就業比率已大幅提升，社會地位也是如此，但因性別分工，男性需承擔養家活口的社會認知仍深植人心。女不嫁，尋求自由是主因，但無房、無 力養家，男不娶，才是不婚、不育的首要原因。)
Apple Daily (蘋果日報), 2021-3-6, tw.appledaily.com/headline/20210306/HJMLA6LWAJGABED753Y4ZNFOHU/, 社會學研究指出：女性承擔經濟任務，具備獨立發展的物質條件，很容易掙脫家庭紐帶，追求自我的實現...
　

n  finance.yahoo , 12-30-2020, (finance.yahoo.com/news/retire-taiwan-costs-visas-more-215449948.html), SmartAsset  (smartasset.com/retirement/retire-in-taiwan) 

Purchasing an apartment in Taiwan, is significantly more expensive than in the U.S. An apartment in a city center in the U.S. will cost an average of $292 per square foot, according to Numbeo. In Taiwan, it costs an average of $761 per square foot to purchase an apartment in a city center.   When it comes to renting, Taiwan is still significantly cheaper than in the U.S. In the average city center in America, a one-bedroom apartment costs an average of $1,346 per month. In Taiwan, the same apartment costs about $485 per month. If you were to choose a three-bedroom apartment, it would cost $2,156 in the U.S. and $1,132 in Taiwan.


further : Taiwan housing , 台灣居住
　

　

　

　

　

pic.: No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Yahoo Taiwan, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-6, 2022-4-4;

No.1  "Taiwanese love" on Swisscows of Switzerland, 2024-2-14

 　
　 　

　

　

　

　


              

　


No.1 "Taiwanese marry for love or money" on Yandex of Russia, 2024-12-17, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-2-14, 2022-8-16, 2022-8-9, 2022-7-24, 2022-6-16, 2022-6-1, 2022-5-19, 2022-5-7, 2022-4-8, 2022-4-3; No.1 "Taiwanese marry for love or money" on Ecosia at 2022-5-19, 2022-5-7, 2022-4-8,  2022-3-28, 2022-3-8, 2022-2-28, 2022-2-27; No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Ecosia of Germany (Berlin), 2022-5-19, 2022-5-7, 2022-4-8,  2022-3-28, 2022-3-20, 2022-3-17,2022-2-28, 2022-2-22, 2022-2-20, 2022-1-14 

The website group was ranked No.1 "Taiwanese marry for love or money" on Yandex of Russia, 2022-3-28, 2022-2-22, 2022-1-31, 2022-1-25, 2022-1-20, 2022-1-15, 2022-1-14, 2022-1-12;
  No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Excite, 2022-3-28, 2022-3-12; No. 2 "Taiwanese love" on Excite,  2022-3-28

　

　

   Research on SEX
　

　
　

　

     

　

　

No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Google, 2025-8-8, 2025-7-1, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-29, 2024-1-1, 2023-6-6, 2023-2-14

　

A great leap in Taiwan's sex activity.   According to au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/virginity-map-average-age-people-first-have-sex-by-country-33094921.html (nov. 3, '16) , Durex survey found that  average age
Taiwanese people first have sex, 18.9,  was ranked No.1 in Asia , compared with Japanese 19.4 ˴ Vietnamese 19.7  ˴ Hong Kongers 20.2 ˴  Thai people 20.5  ˴ mainland Chinese 22.1  ˴ Singaporeans 22.8  ˴  Indians  22.9  ˴ Malaysians 23 ̥  
　

 
★ A great leap in Taiwan's sex activity                 
   ☉  bed you ?  wed you ?  ☉   inside you ?  into you ?
　

1979

2019-2020
 Da-Hua evening news (大華晚報), Nov. 1979:  male college students having sex:  18%,  female students:  3.3% nSETN (三立新聞), 2019-12-23: 90% girls had sex by aged 16；40% by aged 15。(setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=658816#:~:text=台灣年輕人對性愛,的青澀國中時期)

nUnited Daily (聯合報), 2020-12-1: 4/10 students aged under 15 have sex， nearly 50％ college students have sex experience (health.udn.com/health/story/6050/5056551)

end of 60s ~ early 70s
cti-TV (2010-8-27,  <中天娛樂>   youtube.com/watch?v=up-e4piFdVY): Steven Liu (劉家昌, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, composer, and movie director, is widely regarded as a pivotal figure in Taiwanese pop music - "華語流行音樂教父" said by Taiwan's MOC.gov. ) says "In that era, Taiwan was a sexually repressed country", "It's very hard to touch girl's hand"  (「那個年代保守啊」˴「摸個(女生)手都很難耶 」)

★ the Peking University Social Survey Research Center and Joint Institute for Marriage:  People from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan have sex the earliest, at 19.2 years old on average.  thebeijinger.com/blog/2016/01/11/beijings-youth-average-age-lose-virignity-lower-rest-china-chinas-2015-love-and


★ Durex survey,   Japan toyokeizai.net/articles/-/56360   December 19, 2014  

intercourse frequency

 　

Sex satisfaction

country (41 in total) times per year world rank country satisfaction % world rank
Greece 138 1 Belgium 57 1
China 96 32 US 52 4
Taiwan 88 34 (the 8th to last) Taiwan 37 34 (the 8th to last)
Malaysia 83 36 HK 30 39
HK 78 37 Japan 24 40
Singapore 73 40 China 22 41
Japan 45 41 　 　 　

　

　

★◎  Apple daily <蘋果日報>  ， According to survey 「台灣女性性生活滿意度調查」，nearly 40% Taiwanese women were dissatisfied with their sexual lives, among them unmarried female are up to 80%.

　

★◎  No orgasm experience,    44% Taiwanese females are thinking of breaking up (good-bye) ,   Apple Daily (<蘋果日報>) ,  2010-11-12

◎    77% : never or once in a while reach orgasm

◎    78% : fake  orgasm

◎    most disturbed issue : (1) 41% - hard to  orgasm (2) 38% - worry being pregnant  (3)  31% -  fail to Glafenberg

　

　

★◎Apple Daily (<蘋果日報>) ，   2011-12-1
 Dure survey「全球優質性生活」, the number of sexual partners, statistics :

global women  Taiwanese women  global male   Taiwanese male

7.6

3

18.5

5
　

next to last

 　

next to last


　

★◎SETN (<三立新聞>), 2018-5-30: A survey by TENGA Japan found ，Taiwanese 「sexual satisfaction」is global the fourth to last.   setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=386037

　

★◎ China Times ( <中國時報>)  ，only 1/4 unmarried women interviewee were satisfied with their sex life。chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140903004659-260405?chdtv

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★◎2011 DPP party survey  <Liberty Times, 自由時報>, 2011-5-8 
Mother's Day special report

◎ 54.9% Taiwanese mothers were unhappy

◎ aged 20-49 women:

    (1) Taiwanese mothers 「bit unhappy (有點不幸福)」: 34.5%
    (2) Taiwanese mothers 「very unhappy (非常不幸福)」: 20.4%
    (3) Taiwanese mothers 「bit happy (有點幸福)」: 33.9%
    (4) Taiwanese mothers 「very happy (非常幸福)」: 7.4%
    (5) currently not willing to be pregnant  (「沒有生育意願」): 87.3%

　

★◎<聯合報>  udn.com/news/story/12674/5579545，4only 49%heterosexual women、47% homosexual women and 49% bisexual women are satisfied with their sexual lives。 Only 51% bisexual men are satisfied with their sexual lives。
　

★ Penis Size by Country 2021       worlddata.info      worldpopulationreview.com
country Erect length Body size
Ecuador 17.61cm 167cm
Taiwan  (the 3rd to last) 10.78cm 173cm
Cambodia  (last) 10.04cm 165cm
ps: If size matters , African elephants are most attractive to women;      
　

BJU International, by King's College London,  UK,  Dr. David Veale

global avg.  13.12 cm
Taiwan 10.6 cm
bjuinternational.com/bjui-blog/normal-review-analyzes-data-flaccid-erect-penis-lengths-men/;  LTN  Mar. 4, '15


★ Daily Mail (UK)   dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3748444/Erect-penis-sizes-compared-world.html
  Average cup sizes for women :   A-cup countries -  e.g., China , Japan ,  N. Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia


　
　

  Love can enhance the overall sexual experience of Taiwanese. 

 <This is 40> (2012 film):  "I don't want a turbo penis. I like your medium soft one"

　

US Google AI Overview  (2025-1-14, Q&A): Love boosts sexual ability ?

　

Yes, according to research, love can indeed promote sexual ability, as the feelings of connection and intimacy associated with love often lead to increased sexual desire and pleasure, particularly when experienced with a trusted partner; this is largely due to the release of hormones like oxytocin, which are linked to bonding and positive emotions during sexual activity.

　


pic.: Love can boost sexual ability

　

　

　

★ China Times (Taiwan), editorial, 2022-7-16: In the past, the government officials having extramarital affairs must step down, but nowadays Taiwanese government treat it as a minor matter.      chinatimes.com/opinion/20220716002635-262101?chdtv

★ United Dailys (Taiwan), editorial, 2022-7-20:

The senior officialsin the government (the Ministry of Health and Welfare)  are accustomed to have all kinds of extramarital affairs, but the stereotype, women's right or female consciousness , inside their mind remains in ancient times,  their wives can only choose to keep silent and forgive... The promotion does not take officials' sex scandals into account.       udn.com/news/story/7338/6473558?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
　

　

　


"台灣人愛情" (Taiwanese love) ranks No.1 on Microsoft Bing, 2025-5-1, 2025-3-1, 2025-2-14, 2025-2-9,2025-1-28, 2025-1-23, 2024-8-8, 2024-2-14, 2023-2-14,  2022-8-9

　

 
   research in LOVE
　


(北京大學)  the Peking University Social Survey Research Center and Joint Institute for Marriage
　


survey on Taiwan, HK, Macau, mainland
　

n 51.1% of Chinese people had been in love before the age of 18。

n Those from divorced or separated parents experienced their first love earlier, especially if their parents did not remarry. This category experienced their first love at 15.2 years old. Trends differ with age: those born before 1970 first experienced love later, around 19.2 years old, while those who were born after 1995 first experienced it around 12.7 years.

n Those with a Ph.D, experience love more than those without a PhD on average 6.9 times in their life.  Those who are college-educated experience it an average of 3.2 times

　
thebeijinger.com/blog/2016/01/11/beijings-youth-average-age-lose-virignity-lower-rest-china-chinas-2015-love-and
　


Tainan University, academic paper:   "大學生網路交友之自我揭露、愛情風格與愛情關係滿意度相關研究"

   by 吳麗雲Ph.D. ˴ 洪貫瑄研究生     July 2020
　

nThere are 8 LOVE styles in Taiwan, according to univ. professor's (卓紋君, 吳麗雲) researches
  (chickensoupfamily.com/2019/08/22/臺灣人的愛情風格/) :

♣ "marriage-purposely" style (｢婚姻目的｣): marriage is their ultimate objective 

♣ "sincerely devoting" style (｢真情投入｣  ): they believe equal love can overcome all difficulties to keep a long term relationship

♣ "romantically expressed" style ( ｢浪漫表達｣):  they believe the key to keep love is surprise and romantic atmosphere

♣ "vagrant and strategic" style (｢游移手段｣):  low loyalty to love, they usually take strategy or tactics to deal with romance

♣ "sexual & sensible" style (｢肉體感官｣):  they love physical pleasure, not commitment or  code of ethics

♣ "adherent & sacrificing" style (｢執守奉獻｣): devoting oneself to love

♣ "pessimism & mental reservation " style (｢悲觀保留｣ ):  they font believe eternal affection and take a passive attitude… toward love

♣ "uneasiness & possessiveness"style ( ｢不安佔有｣ ): anxious about  his partner's   unfaithfulness , being possessive in his or her feelings and behaviour

nHigher tendencies of "romantically expressed" style was found among College students in online relationship, next are (2) "sincerely devoting" style ˴(3) "sexual & sensible" style˴ (4)"uneasiness & possessiveness"style˴ (5) "marriage-purposely" style˴ (6) "pessimism & mental reservation " style˴ (7) "adherent & sacrificing" style， the last is  "vagrant and strategic" style。

nHigher tendencies of "vagrant and strategic" style,   "adherent & sacrificing" style,   "sexual & sensible" style  were found among male college students。

nHigher tendencies of   "sexual & sensible" style  was found among college students from sophomore to senior, more than freshmen。

nLove satisfaction are middle to high status。https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/

　

　

National Taiwan University (國立 台灣大學)

A Sociological Look at Japan and Taiwan
Love in Japan and Taiwan: Youth Perspectives on Marriage

prof. Yamada Masahiro, prof. Lan Pei-Chia (藍佩嘉 博士),2022-7-1

　


higher educated Taiwanese women's ideal partner—someone
who would do an equal share of housework, respects women, and is in a similar economic position ...    
full txt: nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c11102/

　


National Chiao Tung University  (國立 交通大學)

The Correlative Study of Romantic relational aggression, Romantic relationship satisfaction and Attachment style for College Students

by 方紫薇 PhD ˴ 劉玫英研究生     Aug. 2011

　

nRomantic relational aggression among college students is prevalent, only 3.9% have never experienced any, 0.7% have never launched any "attacks"  (大學生愛情關係攻擊的情形確實是普遍存在的,   僅有 3.9％的大學生從未遭受任何一種愛情關係攻擊，而僅有 0.7％的大學生認為自己從未發動任何一種愛情關係攻擊。)

n "silent treatment" is the mostly-seen "romantic relational aggression" (大學生進行愛情關係攻擊的方式以「沉默對待」最高)。https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/

　

 
some other papers
　

nthe conversation (Australia, 2023-2-24): The younger population is more inclined to adopt pro-independence views which in the past led to “hostile” political attitudes toward China.The vast divide and emotions involved can even manifest in parents being against their children marrying people from “across the divide”.

ntandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01292986.2021.2022174  "Actual and perceived polarization on independence-unification views in Taiwan",  30 Mar 2022: both an individual's Chinese–Taiwanese identity and partisanship contribute most to higher levels of perceived polarization, which in turn penetrates into social life and is significantly associated with negative emotions toward child's potential interparty marriage.

n pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12069438/  "Young people's romantic attachment styles and their associations with well-being" by Susan Moore, Cynthia Leung,  2002.
 
n pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7557353/    "Taiwanese love styles and their association with self-esteem and relationship quality" by W Cho, S.E. Cross,  1995

n pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20565171/  , 2010,  "Through the eyes of love: reality and illusion in intimate relationships"
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LOVE in blockbuster Taiwanese movies   (Chinese version)
　

nNo.1 blockbuster /  <Cape No. 7> "海角七號" (票房總冠軍, https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/海角七號) :
☉ 醉酒之後，友子終於忍不住長日的委屈，一夜情之後，友子真切表示她愛上了阿嘉，阿嘉也抱住了想回日本發展的友子說：「留下來 或者我跟你走」。 (After one night stand, he told Tomoko who is leaving for Japan soon "stay or I go with you").
☉ 我不知道以後還會不會遇見更好的人，但是遇見了你之後，便認定是你，餘生請多指教。(I don't know if I will meet someone better in the future, but since I met you, I decided it was you)
☉ 我想再多看幾眼星空，在这什麼都善變的人世裡，我想看一下永恒。(everything is fickle on this planet, I want to stay here for bit longer to look at the starry sky which is eternity)

nNo.4 blockbuster /  <You Are the Apple of My Eye> "那些年 我們一起追的女孩" ( https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/那些年，我們一起追的女孩)
☉「如果你真的非常喜歡過一個女生，你就會知道，要真心祝福她永遠幸福快樂，這個是不可能的事！」
☉「我錯了，原來，當你真的非常非常喜歡一個女孩，當她有人疼，有人愛，你會真心真意地祝福她，永遠幸福，快樂。」(If you really, really love a girl, when she is in love with another one, you will sincerely wish her happiness and joy forever)

nNo.5 blockbuster / <Our Times>"我的少女時代" ( https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/我的少女時代)
☉ 對你愈壞的人，其實是想跟你拉近距離! ☉ 原來，真的喜歡一個人，會沒有勇氣告訴他 ☉ 後來才發現，原來喜歡一個人，是不知不覺，感謝那輛車，搭住她肩的那一刻，我第一次發現，心，可以跳得那麼快 ☉ 愛情的習題，考試不會考，但對你人生的影響卻是最深 ☉ 青春總會因為一個人，開始閃閃發亮! ☉ 日久深情，今天是一起養狗，以後就一起遛狗，狗又生狗  ☉ 女生説沒事，就是有事; 女生説沒關係，就是有關係! (The person who treats you worse is actually trying to get closer to you! ☉ if you really like someone, you will not have the courage to tell her. ☉ At the moment I bent my arm round her shoulder, it was quite a  shock to feel my heart beat so fast ☉ If the girl says it's okay, it means something)

　

　

　 Harvard, love actually(2017):  "love makes us dumb" 。sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/love-actually-science-behind-lust-attraction-companionship/


　

　

Washington Post, 2017-1-2:
 ...83 percent
of Taiwanese
 chose bread
 over romance

　

Simulation Bread Shape Pillow / 

　

https://www.amazon.com/Simulation-Pillow-Lumbar-Cushion-Stuffed/dp/B07SHP29DM?th=1
　 pic.: Zola Zu's visual parody of "The Storm" (by Cot) printed in the China Times, the leading newspaper at that time, 1997.
   A couple are using free umbrella covers to shelter from a horrible storm ahead.
Shortly after my work was printed in the China Times, Taiwan holds an exhibition in the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall to introduce "The Storm"  from the West, causing lots of Taiwanese people in a long queue everyday to see that fine-art.   
  Cot's art-works in NY   https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435997    
　


  LOVE definition
　

n Oxford dictionary (oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/love_1): a strong feeling of romantic attraction for somebody

n Cambridge dictionary : the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to

nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love : The triangular theory of love suggests "intimacy, passion and commitment" are core components of love. Love has additional religious or spiritual meaning.

nHarvard, love actually  sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/love-actually-science-behind-lust-attraction-companionship/ : The science behind lust attraction and companionship  : romantic love can be broken down into three categories: lust, attraction, and attachment. 

Testosterone and estrogen drive lust; dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin create attraction; and oxytocin and vasopressin mediate attachment.

nHarvard, 2018-2-13:  Love also turns on the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is known to stimulate the brain’s pleasure centers. Couple that with a drop in levels of serotonin — which adds a dash of obsession — and you have the crazy, pleasing, stupefied, urgent love of infatuation.。news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/02/scientists-find-a-few-surprises-in-their-study-of-love/

nmerriam-webster.com/dictionary/love : 
愛 是強烈或持續的感情、包含性慾的吸引力

　

  LOVE over money

n Forbes, 2023-5-7: Choosing a rich partner you may not be compatible with might lead to lower relationship satisfaction, a poorer quality of life, and frequent negative emotions. Choosing a partner you enjoy spending time with and even admire can fill your life with joy and a sense of purpose.

n the New York Times: choosing love over money is often considered more important because love provides a deeper sense of connection, fulfillment, and emotional support that money cannot replicate; while money can provide material comforts, it cannot guarantee happiness or meaningful relationships, which are often seen as essential for a fulfilling life.

n US Google AI overview, 2024-12-25: Choosing love over money is often considered more fulfilling because love provides a deeper sense of connection, companionship, and emotional support, which money cannot buy, while a relationship based solely on wealth can lack genuine intimacy and may not provide lasting happiness; essentially, love is considered a more valuable and enduring asset than material possessions.

n Psychology Today,  2023-8-30:  "Use money and love people. Don't love money and use people." —Joseph Prince.  A vast majority of women put a greater value on love than money—unless financial means are below a certain threshold. A man without a job is below most people's imagined acceptable financial threshold

n Times of India  2021-7-24: ‘You can earn money but never love.’ It's one of the main reasons why love stands above everything else in the world.
　

　

　

　


pic.: No.1  "Taiwanese love or money" on Swisscows of Switzerland, 2024-2-14, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-9-9, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-22

　

 　

　

　

　

　

   

 No.1 "Taiwanese love or money", on US Google, 2022-11-24, 2022-4-12

　

pic.: No.1" Taiwanese love or money" on Google, 2023-9-1, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-16, 2022-8-16, 2022-8-9 (Chinese version)

　

　

　

  same-sex LOVE in Taiwan
　

"love is love”,    Love is Politics too, in Taiwan

Taiwan became the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. 
　

media

same-gender love in Taiwan
Bloomberg, 2024-9-20 Taiwan said it would recognize same-sex marriages between Chinese and Taiwanese people, a move that could benefit hundreds of couples in the democratically run archipelago.
CNN, 2023-5-16 Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality   edition.cnn.com/2023/05/16/asia/taiwan-same-sex-adoption-marriage-equality-lgbtq-intl-hnk/index.html
Washington Post, 2022-11-5 That casual blend of sexual identity, liberal values and local politics would have been unusual until recently, deepening the self-governing island’s sense of separation from China.    msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-taiwan-pride-is-a-potent-mix-of-lgbtq-and-democratic-rights/ar-AA13L1yj 
Reuters, 2022-10-29  Taiwan celebrates diversity, equality in east Asia's largest Pride march; some  carried flags and banners in support of Tibet, Hong Kong and Ukraine. several senior members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), including former Vice President Chen Chien-jen and the party's Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung  march behind a banner reading "democracy supports gays".    news.yahoo.com/taiwan-celebrates-diversity-equality-east-083523277.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA3_5o73eNCjUbyl9wpbE6d14PGEAkGJBeA7oR8HXIyQvV8LmHcg7U2By9DAAFNcXUBcOxTNk66UGoSWs-zEvO_p5_zo5zsCQI1AUi_nnw8MNG01dYIzg-xenZHiMmnG2m2tOrbN_sD6qFnvXvFrXS9WkwgSPMxI4bs0sKlr64-N
Washington Post, 2019-6-26 In both form and content, the whole process was political, aimed to show Taiwanese as promoting equality and human rights in direct contrast to the Chinese government, which has notably intensified crackdowns on homosexuality in recent years.  With its legalization of same-sex marriages, Taiwan seeks to set itself apart from the mainland and assert its own brand. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/26/how-taiwan-is-using-same-sex-marriage-assert-its-national-identity/
CNN, 2022-7-1  "We were treated like second-class citizens."
 the island has a long way to go before same-sex couples have true equality... the legal change stopped short of granting full rights of adoption to homosexual couples... foreign spouses are recognized only if same-sex marriage is also legal in their home jurisdiction.
Taiwan law maker: "we are often regarded as the first line of defense against authoritarianism", "then we must recognize and solve injustices ... LGBTQ rights ".

edition.cnn.com/2022/07/01/asia/taiwan-lgbtq-adoption-gay-marriage-intl-hnk/index.html
France24, 2022-4-29 Taiwan launches Asian Pride Games despite spike in Covid cases.

For the Asian Pride Games, Taiwanese athletes will be able to compete under the name "Taiwan".   Last year AFP revealed the Taiwan Gay Sports and Movement Association had decided not to send a team to the Gay Games in Hong Kong because of fears their athletes and staff could be arrested if they waved the island's flag or used its name  ("Chinese Taipei" is Taiwan's name in Olympics.  New York Times, 2022-02-04 (nytimes.com/2022/02/04/sports/olympics/taiwan-chinese-taipei-republic-china.html); France24.com/en/live-news/20220429-taiwan-launches-asian-pride-games-despite-spike-in-covid-cases
AFP, 2022-2-14 LGBTQ activists in Taiwan say the island's same-sex marriage law has unfairly separated international couples news.yahoo.com/taiwan-lgbtq-activists-hold-valentines-085309786.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
AFP, 2022-5-19 Taiwan's gay couples seek foreign marriage equality / Taiwan was the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriages, but certain transnational couples are still unable to wed - some 470 transnational same-sex couples currently wish to get married but are unable.
Malaysian Tan Bee Guat has been living in Taipei on a student visa for six years in order to be with her Taiwanese partner Lai Kai-li, Tan as a foreign student is only allowed to work a maximum of 20 hours a week. The couple is struggling financially. news.yahoo.com/forbidden-love-taiwans-gay-couples-043405648.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall    AFP
Kyodo News (Japan),
2023-1-19		 Taiwan OKs same-sex marriage of transnational couples, but the new rule does not cover same-sex marriages involving people from mainland China ...
The Diplomat, 2021-6-23 Despite recent progress, same-sex couples still face legal barriers that deny them eligibility to adopt children and have access to artificial insemination, significantly impeding their familial rights. 
thediplomat.com/2021/06/marriage-equality-in-taiwan-hinges-on-politics/
#MeToo in Taiwan the ruling party really supports gender equality ??

♣ The Guardian, 2023-6-8: The belated #MeToo reckoning has exposed the deeply patriarchal norms that still govern Taiwanese society.  While these accusations had played out in the court of public opinion, in formal legal proceedings they were unlikely to succeed. theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/taiwan-ruling-party-rocked-sexual-harassment-claims-metoo AmyHawk
♣ Washington Post, 2023-6-7:   the government has until now been slow to respond to reported cases of sexual harassment.  msn.com/en-us/news/world/hit-netflix-show-sparks-a-wave-of-metoo-allegations-in-taiwan/ar-AA1cefPH    Vic Chiang, Meaghan Tobin    
♣ DW (Germany), 2023-6-13:  Taiwan's culture remains conservative, and chauvinism still exists in workplaces and politics.。 victims may be "judged" by the public for sharing details....they may not be treated justly, ...the existing mechanisms are inadequate  dw.com/en/metoo-in-taiwan-exposes-a-hidden-culture-of-harassment/a-65903757  William Yang
♣  The China Project (New York based), 2023-6-8:  70% to 80% of respondents who said they had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace chose to remain silent.  thechinaproject.com/2023/06/08/taiwans-ruling-dpp-rocked-by-sexual-misconduct-allegations/  Jordyn Haime
 ♣  CNN, 2023-6-10:  Most sexual harassment victims were told to "let it go" ... Such culture of self-sacrifice is deep rooted in Taiwan's political reality, where the "big picture" often comes above everything else.    edition.cnn.com/2023/06/10/asia/taiwan-metoo-netflix-wave-makers-intl-hnk/index.html
 ♣  SCMP, 2023-6-11:  NTU prof.  Tso Chen-dong: the ruling party DPP had long focused on LGBTQ equality, rather than women's rights. scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3223609/wave-metoo-cases-threatens-engulf-taiwans-ruling-democratic-progressive-party   Lawance Chung
 ♣ Bloomberg, 2023-6-7: Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen: "“We’ve also seen such cases are everywhere...".
 ♣ Wall Street Journal, 2023-6-7: Sexual misconduct allegations roil Taiwan's U.S.-friendly ruling party.
♣ United Daily, editorial,  2023-6-4 : sexual harassment and bully become the ruling DPP's norms. udn.com/news/story/7338/7211152?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_cate
♣ United Daily, editorial,  2023-6-6 : The ruling party DPP appears an ecology of collectively sexual harassment to the youth udn.com/news/story/11091/7213233?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub11091_pulldownmenu_v2
♣ United Daily, editorial,  2023-6-17 : The value of gender equality is still ignored  udn.com/news/story/7338/7241261?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_cate

　

#MeToo in Taiwan
◆ New York Times, 2023-7-27 our society remains patriarchal and hierarchical. Under Confucian values, women obey their fathers and their brothers and eventually their husbands. People are expected to respect and yield to their elders and superiors — in short, the powers that be... In a collectivist culture like ours, the burden of being nice and preserving group harmony falls on those with less power and authority nytimes.com/2023/07/27/opinion/taiwan-women-metoo.html  Vickie Wang
◆ Reuters, 2023-7-28 Despite Taiwan's reputation as a progressive bastion in a conservative region - the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage...to confront a problem long shrouded in shame and silence.   victims of abuse often stay silent due to what experts say is a tradition of victim-blaming, cultural pressure, and unequal power relationships.   .reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/years-after-metoo-first-swept-world-taiwan-races-respond-2023-07-28/   Sarah Wu   
◆ New York Times, 2023-6-25  torrent of sexual harassment accusations has prompted questions about the state of women's rights on an island democracy ... entrenched sexism that leaves women vulnerable at work, and a culture that is quick to blame victims and cover up accusations against powerful men.  nytimes.com/2023/06/25/world/asia/taiwan-harassment-metoo.html

　

　

     咖啡  茶歇  Have some refreshments ?   (PG13 funny essays,  Chinese version)  
　

　


      


Taiwan's prostitution :  top rankings in China, Russia, etc ... click

　

★ US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released at 2022-4-12(state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/taiwan/):  
The legal minimum age of marriage is 18 years for men and 16 for girls.

　

　

 

★ marriage age by country (Asia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriageable_age   Jan. 17, 2022

　
　

Without parental or judicial consent
country Male Female
Yemen 15 15
Qatar 18 16
Afghanstan 18 16
East Timor 17 17
Kuwait 18 17
N Korea 18 17
Lebanon 18 17
Israel 18 18
Laos 18 18
Saudi Arabia 18 18
UAE 18 18
Bhutan 18 18
Cambodia 18 18
Macau 18 18
Palestine 18 18
Mongolia 18 18
Myanmar 18 18
Sri Lanka 18 18
Vietnam 20 18
Bangladesh 21 18
S Korea 19 19
Thai 20 20
Japan 20 20
Taiwan 20 20
China 22 20
Malaysia 21 21
India 21 21
HK 21 21
Singapore 21 21
Philippines 21 21

sort by female's age

　
★  UBS - Global Wealth Report, Sept. 2025
Wealth per adult - comparison among Asian countries

Market

Average wealth
per adult

Market

Median wealth
per adult
1  Swiss

USD 687,166

 1  Luxembourg USD 395,340
2  US 620,654 2  Australia 268,424
3  Hong Kong SAR 601,195 3  Belgium 　
4  Luxembourg 　 4  Hong Kong SAR 222,015
5  Australia 516,640 5  Denmark 　
6  Denmark 　 6  NZ 207,707
7  Singapore 441,596 7  Swiss 　
8  NZ 393,773 8  UK 　
9  Nederland 　 9  Canada 　
10  Norway 　 10 France 　
11  Canada 　 11 Norway 　
12  Belgium 　 12 Holland 　
13  UK 　 13 Spain 　
14  Sweden 　 14 Italia 　
15  Taiwan

312,075

 15 US 124,041
　 　 16 Malta 　
　 　 17 Taiwan 114,871

　

　

　

"Taiwanese love" (Chinese version ) - top rankings


PIC. :  No.1 "Taiwanese LOVE"
on DUCKDUCKGO, 2025-2-21, 2023-1-16, 2022-4-12, 2021-12-21, 2021-12-20  (Chinese version)


   


           

PIC. right: No.1 "Taiwanese LOVE" on Bing, 2025-2-26, 2023-2-14, 2023-1-16, 2022-9-9, 2022-8-9 (Chinese version)
 PIC. left: No.1 "Taiwanese LOVE" , 2025-2-21, 2022-5-16, No.2
on AOL,  etc , 2021-12-22, 2021-12-21, 2021-12-20, 2021-12-19 (Chinese version)
　

           




　

　


 PIC.: No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on US Yahoo 2025-2-21

　

　

　

　

　


PIC.: No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Yahoo Taiwan, 2025-2-21, 2023-4-30, 2022-10-8, 2022-10-2

　

　


PIC.: No.1 "Taiwanese love" on  US Yahoo , 2025-2-21, 2022-10-8

　

　

　
　



　


pic. :  No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on Yahoo Japan (largest search engine in Japan), 2022-9-8, 2022-8-1, 2022-7-17, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-22, 2022-5-19, 2022-5-7, 2022-4-26, 2022-4-16, 2022-4-9, 2022-4-3; No.2 "Taiwanese marry for love or money" on Yahoo Japan at 2022-9-8, 2022-8-16, 2022-7-7, 2022-6-7;   No.1 "Taiwanese marry for love or money", "Taiwanese marriage for love or money" ,  on Yahoo Japan, 2022-5-19, 2022-4-9;
　
　

　

　


　

PIC. right: No.1 "Taiwanese love or money"

 on DuckDuckGO , 

2025-2-21, 2022-4-12, 2021-12-28, 2021-12-26,

2021-12-24,

2021-12-22, 2021-12-21, 2021-12-18, 2021-12-15, 2021-12-12  etc;

also

 among top ranks on AOL, Yahoo,
Lycos, Dogpile, Oscobo (UK), Metager (Germany),

  ekoru (New Zealand). etc 2021-12-24, 2021-12-23,

2021-12-22, 2021-12-21, 2021-12-18,
2021-12-15, 2021-12-12  (Chinese version)
　

 　


  

　
　 　

PIC. : No.1 "Taiwanese love or money" on entireweb, 2025-5-1;

No.2 "Taiwanese LOVE" on Swedish entireweb , 2022-2-14, 2022-1-29,

2022-1-22, 2022-1-15, 2022-1-12, 2022-1-11, 2022-1-8, 2022-1-6, 2022-1-3, 2022-1-1,

2021-12-31, 2021-12-29, 2021-12-27,

2021-12-26,2021-12-24,

 2021-12-23, 2021-12-22, 2021-12-20, 2021-12-19

(Chinese version)

　

　

　

 　

　

　

　

　



      

pic. : No.1 "Taiwanese love" on Yandex of Russia, 2024-1-1, 2022-1-16, 2022-1-15; No.3 at 2022-1-27