Repatriate,
Question: As the people said in the Lonely Planet thread (which got removed since approaching girls is a taboo subject there), in East Asia women don't usually talk to strangers unless introduced through a third party. That is part of the culture and tradition there. Chatting up women feels "out on a limb" and not part of the natural flow of things. Remember what they said below?
In many Asian cultures, the only way to meet women in a socially acceptable fashion is to be introduced by a third party.
Make friends with expat women who might be acquainted with local women or make friends with local men who might know local women.
You can point it out all you want. If the local culture is that a young woman is thought to have loose morals if she interacts with someone to whom she has not been formally introduced, then she is not about to respond to your advances.
No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to stay in Taiwan.
Ruth
It's not just Taiwan you know - it's the norm in much of Asia. From what I know, the following places (the entire Indian subcontinent), Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Korea, Taiwan, HK, China - try saying "Hi" loudly to any female stranger and you will get a blank response at most. Asians (and not just the girls) don't have a culture of answering back to greetings the way foreigners have. And at best, in Thailand and Japan you might get an embarassed smile with the girls quickly drawing back.
This is Asian culture - not the West. Not the entire world works the same. The only time you may get a response back may be from an Asian that has spent a considerable amount of time in a Western country or someone that works in the service industry.
Anyway, my question is: How do you know that my problem isn't that I just lack connections? I mean if I had more connections in TW, the results might be different right? Rock and I only met a small sample of women, and supposedly, there are many kind friendly girls in TW right? Not all of them are going to be as shallow and judgmental about little things as you are right?
So how do we know there isn't an untapped market of friendly girls in TW that I haven't met simply cause I haven't had the connections, rather than due to some deficiency in me?
Even Rock said that he noticed that people in China seemed more relaxed and open than in Taiwan. You can ask him about that.
So there are many factors here. It isn't all about how I look. I do act like a decent person.
Rock is tall and decent looking, yeah, but his skill is that his Mandarin is fluent, which surprises many girls, and he asks many open ended questions like Larry King and Jay Leno do, to keep the ball rolling. I can do that too but it takes me longer since I'm more used to written communication.
One more thing: I don't only go on double dates when I'm with a white guy. Last year, I went on one with Momopi as well, with a girl I knew (not introduced by Momopi) whom I met on my own online. (She lives in Australia now or else I'd be hanging out with her)
Stop being so overly judgmental Repatriate. You sound more shallow and fickle than most women I know. I think most Westerners prefer to hang around easy going laid back type of guys.
Honestly, I think you must be an insecure guy yourself Repatriate. Secure confident happy Asian men do not need to so vehemently put down the looks of another Asian bro, especially as viciously as you do.