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BBC 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 ‘foreigners’ – and Westerners in particular – are perceived in the country.
(Photo: A Taiwanese man who racially abuses an Englishman. Credit: DreamLucid/YouTube)
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Mon 23 Nov 201515:23GMT
BBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & UK DAB/Freeview only
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- Mon 23 Nov 201515:23GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & UK DAB/Freeview only