The foreign brides who have crossed the waters to Taiwan-nearly 100,000 in all by the end of last year-come primarily from Vietnam, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries. If we add in brides from mainland China, then the number exceeds 230,000.
截至民國九十一年底，累計已有將近十萬名的外籍新娘遠渡重洋來到台灣，她們主要來自越南、菲律賓等東南亞國家，如果再加上大陸新娘，人數更已超過二十三萬人。