Why are Motor scooter riders Taiwan so fearless?

http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/3527.cfm

I read an article that said there are over 10 million scooters in Taiwan, giving it the world's largest per-capita ownership level. When I first got here it was very hard to get used to driving a car down the streets of Taipei. It always amazed me how fearless scooter drivers act. If you fall behind the car in front of you a scooter will cut in front of you. Once one scooter gets passed you several others will follow until you are stuck in the middle of an intersection wondering if the line of scooters will ever end. It is so strange to watch scooters pile up like a swarm of bees as they wait for the light to turn green.

When I walk the streets of Taipei I am always listen for the sound of a scooter motor to make sure that a scooter is not sneaking up behind me. The way they drive on the sidewalk, right threw local night markets and down tiny neighborhood alleys has let me to believe that scooter drivers are fearless. Once you give a scooter to a Taiwanese person they lose all sense of fear. Once they are introduced to a machine that gives them the freedom to travel anywhere at a fast pace they forget all about all the danger that go along with driving a scooter. They do not fear getting into an accident, running over pedestrians, or dropping their precious cargo. Do you think that scooter drivers are fearless? If so why are they so reckless? what can be done to get scooter drivers to think about safer ways to drive?

"Where is Taiwan's Silicon Valley?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley

Silicon valley is a region in northern California where large offices and the headquarters of several high tech companies are located. It is called the silicon valley because of the many silicon chip makers that moved to the area in the 1970s and 1980s.

south of San Francisco (around Santa Clara Valley and San Jose) map of silicon Valley:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.californiatraveldreams.com/SiliconValleyMap.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.californiatraveldreams.com/SiliconValley.htm&usg=__Yfj6xWvkbbFD-wg7eRPiLfrmm78=&h=600&w=600&sz=48&hl=en&start=5&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=pOd32MKEWEZI_M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsilicon%2Bvalley%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1

Since Taiwan has many high tech companies I was wondering if their was an area similar to Silicon valley in Taiwan. I found an article that calls Hsinchu "Taiwan's Silicon valley".http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2010/04/06/251385/Chip-sales.htm

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest made-to-order chipmaker has a large development and research center in Hsinchu. I walked around Neihu one day and was surprised by all the modern buildings with space in between the buildings. Has that suburb become the high-tech center of Taipei? Is there any other cities that have become a center for high-tech companies?

Should Taiwan Universities accept Chinese students?

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/04/27/2003471590

In this blog I will point out an issue that I thought was interesting. I want to see if anyone will comment on my post and give a sentence or two to explain their opinion. They are no wrong answer I am writing this to encourage you to practice writing in complete sentences.

This article looks at a debate in the over letting college students from Chinese study in Taiwanese University. This is just one many issues in Taiwan's ongoing debate over how to work with China without losing their own independence. A few Legislators got into a physical fight over the issue.

At another side of the conference room, DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩) chased KMT Legislator Lu Hsueh-chang (呂學樟), shouting “the KMT should be ashamed” as Lu was leaving for the conference room’s lounge. Lu at first told Chiu to mind her manners as a woman, but later pushed Chiu to the ground while Chiu kept yelling “shame on [President] Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)” and “shame on the KMT administration.”
DPP Legislator William Lai (賴清德), who was at the scene, urged Lu to apologize for “hitting a woman,” but Lu refused, arguing that Chiu was accusing him of being shameless.
Meanwhile, KMT Legislator Chao Li-yun (趙麗雲), one of the conveners of the committee, burst into tears, saying that “we are paid to do something instead of being paid to fight.”

Sounds like KMT Legislator Lu Hsueh-chang and DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying were acting like little kids. Hsueh-chang was to proud to apologize for hitting Chiu Yi-ying.
Many people argue that if you let Chinese students study at Taiwan universities less Taiwanese students will be able to make it to college and once the Chinese students graduate they could stay in Taiwan and take away jobs. However, foreigns from countries all over the world have come to Taiwan to study at Taiwanese universities for several decades so why can't Chinese students? Some people are suggesting that Taiwan should only let a few Chinese students come every year to limit the impact they will have on Taiwanese colleges. Do you think that Chinese students should be allowed to study in Taiwanese Universities? Should Taiwan recognize Chinese degrees? Why? Should they only allow a limited number of students?