Taiwan · work
The office is polite, the night market is the release valve
Taipei can look like a soft landing for work travel: MRT, English on signs, a café on every block. Under that, people still grind. Your manners should match the softness of the infrastructure, not treat it as a playground.
Not legal advice. Work permits are official business.
- Punctual, kind, low-drama wins more rooms than loud vision talks.
- Night markets after work are not “content.” They are how people come down.
- Convenience stores are how commuters survive. You can join without irony.
If you take a meeting in Taipei, leave time to miss the train and still be okay. The city is dense. The calendar should not be.