As a guy who is burnt out on "Chinese culture" (been on the mainland for three years now), this article made me want to give Taiwan a try. As far as the way people treat eachother, it sounds closer to Japan than it does modern day mainland China. If Taiwan also gets to be grouped in with "Chinese culture", and if Taiwan is as nice as Han Han makes it out to be, then perhaps there will be a day where I won't want to puke when I hear the phrase "Chinese culture."