Guest wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:15 pm
> I was there from early March 'til end of May of this
> year... People wore masks because of Covid, let's not kid
> ourselves. After it really exploded in Western Europe and the
> U.S., the pandemic regulations tightened up... You couldn't enter
> most department stores or the Taipei's metro without a mask. In
> Taipei metro, their subway system, they had infrared cameras
> posted at most busy entrances with people checking and making sure
> you had your mask properly covering mouth and nose... They even
> had big signs stating fines for disobeying... Hospitals had set up
> checkpoints in front of their entrances to first check and
> temperature scan people before letting you going in... Pretty much
> all government buildings, hotels, museums, temples, etc. had
> temperature checks and disinfectant dispensers installed, in the
> least, the Taipei 101 swanky luxury dept. building had infrared
> cams, too, and so on... You get a gist of it...
> But otherwise, yeah, the country was functioning normally, schools
> were on, businesses and restaurants never closed. Life as
> normal... Miss those days, great food, great people, a living
> proof the Chinese can live productively in a democratic
> system... And, they understand the meaning of real freedom living
> under a constant threat of an invasion.