Taiwan‘s Epidemic prevention has been successful, and many Taiwanese expatriates living in Southern Canada have returned Home to avoid the epidemic. The picture shows the service desk of China Airlines at New York JFK Airport.
Many Taiwanese expatriates living in Southern Canada have returned to their hometowns to avoid the epidemic, some have returned to Taiwan with their children to attend school, some have retired and some are considering returning to Taiwan for employment and development, forming a different kind of homecoming.
Charles Ni, the general manager of Yibifa International Co., Ltd. has been engaged in the business of Taiwan immigrants to the United States to buy property and other related businesses for years, and also involved in real estate projects in Taiwan. He said that many Taiwanese immigrants have been asking him for advice on renting and purchasing homes back in Taiwan in the past few days.
After the outbreak of the epidemic in the United States last year, Charles had his Family back to Taiwan for most of the year, he said, “Schools in Southern Canada have changed to online learning, children in Taiwan can also (connected to the Internet U.S.) classes.” But later, for work reasons, Charles returned to Los Angeles with his family. He found that some American and Canadian expatriates who returned to Taiwan with their children simply enrolled them in the local municipal elementary schools with their classes, and such instances are not uncommon.
Charles takes his children back to Taiwan almost every year for vacation, both to practice Chinese and to introduce them to their Parents‘ homeland, as do many of the American relatives and friends he knows. During the epidemic, California was affected by the evacuation order, so children could not attend school, and some park rides were not yet open, so Taiwanese immigrants were trying to send their children back to Taiwan to attend school and study.
According to a letter from the National Education Administration of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education in March 2020, the number of students who were temporarily placed with classes and transferred to schools in the district during the epidemic was more than 500, with the largest number in New Taipei City and Taipei City, and students came from all over the world, with the most students from the United States and China coming to Taiwan, followed by Canada and Japan.
In addition to parents for their children’s education considerations, many retirees have also begun to settle back in Taiwan. Charles said that the wave of U.S.-based Taiwanese returning to Taiwan for retirement is not a product of the epidemic, since the post-war baby boomer population entered retirement age, there has been a succession of immigrants returning to Taiwan.
Yang Chih-hsun, the founding president of the Taiwan Physicians and Dentists Association in Citrus County, settled back in Yilan, Taiwan, at one point in 2013 and served at a hospital in his hometown of Luodong for nearly seven years, giving back to the local community. He has only recently returned to live with his children in Southern California. Most of the Taiwanese immigrants of the same generation with similar experiences as Yang Chih-hsun studied and settled in the U.S. At that Time, Taiwan sent more than 20,000 young people to the U.S. for further education every year, and when they retired one after another, they wanted to return to their roots or give back to the Taiwanese community what they had learned.
Charles said that in recent years, Taiwan’s quality of living has been little different from the United States, if settled in Taipei, Taichung or Kaohsiung and other major cities, Food, clothing, housing, transportation and medical care is even more convenient than in Southern California. And the cost of living in Taiwan is low, so expatriates have the opportunity to save money when they settle in Taiwan. He said, “In Taiwan, you can get a very nice house in a lot of good locations and rent for $1,000.” Taipei’s MRT is convenient and clean, and the popularity and convenience of convenience stores is unmatched by other cities around the world, so many older expatriates are happy to return to Taiwan and begin to think about settling there.
There are many reasons that attract retired expatriates back to Taiwan, such as the social and economic development of Taiwan in recent years, not only the convenience of Life, universal health insurance and good medical standards, as well as such things as a richer social life after returning home, or the call of family in Taiwan still have elderly parents needing care. Charles believes that most retired expatriates have an international outlook and economic independence, and they care more about health and quality of life. The epidemic and a number of policies in California in recent years have led to the deterioration of law and order and the restriction of the middle class, which are also factors that Taiwanese expatriates consider when deciding to return home.
Mr. Hsu, who has immigrated to the United States for more than 20 years, said that in recent years, California’s policies have continued to lean left, and taxes and the cost of living have continued to rise, making life more difficult and difficult. In contrast, Taiwan is “cheaper” and “more convenient”, he plans to wait for his children to graduate and become financially independent, and then return to Taiwan with his wife to settle. He said, “The initial immigration is for the sake of children, now the task is almost complete, but also can start to think about their own life.” He believes that there is more interaction and communication between people in Taiwan than in the United States, and that life is more diverse and rich. Having traveled to the U.S. for many years, Mr. Hsu still misses Taiwan’s customs and traditions.
But expatriates returning to Taiwan to settle are not all without problems. Charles said that most retired immigrants back to Taiwan have no home, can only consider buying or renting a house, but Chinese landlords are not comfortable renting houses to elderly silver-haired people, because they are worried about the tenant’s health problems, no one to look after, but also worried that the house has become the last residence of the elderly, turned into a “murder house”.
Charles said: “really is to add a deposit, give more money can not rent down.” But if you want to buy a house and involve a lot of problems, but according to its knowledge, most retired expatriates will choose to return to Taiwan in the three gorges, Lin Kou, Danshui and other areas to buy a house, one because the local mountains, beautiful environment, the second is a large hospital in the vicinity, and about 30 to 40 minutes drive from downtown Taipei, suitable for retirees who do not need to travel to Taipei every day, the price of housing can also afford.
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