TAIPEI — Taiwan is numba one for expats!<br /><br />For the second year in a row, Taipei has been ranked the best city for expats to live and work in, while Shanghai and Beijing eat dust in 43rd and 60th place.<br /><br />The survey by Internations asked about 25 different aspects of life, divided into: Quality of Urban Living, Getting Settled, Urban Work Life, and Finance and Housing.<br /><br />Taipei reigned supreme as far as quality of life, transportation, healthcare, friendliness, and cost of living.<br /><br />Shanghai was okay in the transportation, safety, and disposable income department, but people weren't crazy about air pollution and the Chinese intranet.<br /><br />As for Beijing – how are they not lower on the list?? <br /><br />No doubt China is going to get its panties in a twist about this ranking – not that anyone cares, because we all know Taiwan numba one, China numba forty three[b]!
