Comments on: Taiwan goes crazy for ‘salty coffee’ (?)

By: TheShot

TheShot — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:21:18 +0000

Not to be pedantic, but we will anyway. Given that Asia extends as far north as 80 degrees North latitude at Russia and Taiwan is around 21-23 degrees North, and on the Tropic of Cancer, it’s probably fair to call Taiwan part of SE Asia. It’s on the same latitude as parts of Laos and the bulk of Myanmar/Burma, which nobody considers as central Asia. Rather, they often call Laos and Myanmar part of Indochina, as you mention as SE Asia’s northern border.

Japan and the Koreas, for example, have a distinctly different climate from what I experienced in Taipei — but yet they are considered central/east Asia.

By: Enrico

Enrico — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:05:45 +0000

Err, Sir. Taiwan is not in SE Asia. They’re more like East Asia. SE Asia’s northern border is the Indochina, southern border is Indonesia and Timor Leste.

By: TheShot

TheShot — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:54:54 +0000

To the extent that personal experience and your own world travels can lead to bias, then yes, I am most definitely biased. Enough to stand by my observations, be they flawed or otherwise. Outside of the Pacific Rim, you'd never see a top national retailer of coffee have their entire sales volume overtaken by a consumer fad. That just doesn't happen anywhere else. Speaking of bored teenagers from Orange County, time to listen to "Viet Nam" by the Minutemen. You can almost hear the echoes from SF's legendary Mabuhay Gardens...

By: Yours truly

Yours truly — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:53:30 +0000

Sorry, your articles are all biased as hell. You shouldn’t make opinionated comments if you don’t know what’s going on in the world. attention spans of fruit flies, Asian consumers bored out of their skulls, bored teenagers from Orange County; do some more research before you make dumbass comments.