Name: Emily Teacher: Chris Class: G1 Date of Presentation: Oct 26, 2009

Introduction  Taiwanese Drama (2009) “Don’t Call Me the Foreign Brides anymore”

Video Intro Example: Vietnamese Mail Order Bride #1 (Taiwan)

Introduction  Population of The Chinese & Foreign Spouses ( ) Almost femaleAlmost female close to the population of native Taiwanese, 4,800,000close to the population of native Taiwanese, 4,800,000

Problems  Those foreign brides can’t get the citizen of Taiwan.  Fertility of foreign brides is higher than the fertility of Taiwanese women now.  In 2001, 12.46% of baby’s mother is from foreign countries (almost from China and Vietnam)

Questions 1. Why do those men want to choose mail order to marry to foreign women, especially Vietnamese? 2. Do you think is it good to marry to foreign women via mail order? Negative or positive?

Questions 3. What will the phenomena influence on the society of Taiwan? For example, the population structure and social issue. 4. What kind of problems might the family which has the foreign brides face?

Questions 5. Do you think the phenomena is good or bad for Taiwan? 6. Do you think Taiwanese government should make laws to avoid those new immigrants?

Thank you for your participating !