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成人快手 Trending: Being White In Taiwan

What does a video of an Englishman being racially abused tell us about life in Taiwan?

Smartphone footage of an Englishman being racially abused in Taiwan has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube. We ask what the video tells us about Taiwanese culture, and how 鈥榝oreigners鈥� 鈥� and Westerners in particular 鈥� are perceived in the country.

(Photo: A Taiwanese man who racially abuses an Englishman. Credit: DreamLucid/YouTube)

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Mon 23 Nov 2015 15:23GMT
成人快手 World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & UK DAB/Freeview only

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  • Mon 23 Nov 2015 15:23GMT
    成人快手 World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & UK DAB/Freeview only