A progressive city Indeed, one-third of Taiwan's universities are concentrated in Taipei, and the city's residents boast the highest level of education in Taiwan. The existence of a mature civil society, furthermore, is the international measuring stick by which we assess how progressive a city is. "Taipei is the only place in Taiwan where a civil society exists," says Taichung resident Chen Chueh-hui.
的確，台灣近三分之一的大學聚集在台北，台北也有全台教育水準最高的人口結構，而成熟理性的市民社會，就是全球衡量進步城市的新指標。