Taiwan retains 2nd place rank in Asia, trailing only Singapore

Capital ranked 5th for shopping and 6th for healthcare

Team Taiwan's WBSC Premier12 championship win narrows gap with Japan

Taiwan received high scores for democracy, respect, friendliness

Nation rated 6th happiest in Asia, 31st happiest in world

Taiwan rated 2nd in Asia in economic freedom, trailing only Singapore

Taiwan ranked 12th in world in Human Freedom Index

5 GB HD movie in Taiwan only takes 4 minutes 27 seconds to download, while in China wait is 53 minutes 55 seconds

Taiwanese respondents 60% female, median age 41, and BMI of 23.9

Taiwan also rated as 2nd most competitive economy in Asia