Taiwan

Resources

This page is intended to present key information on privacy and genetic research relevant to Taiwan. It contains links to key Taiwanese public attitudes surveys and reports from relevant organisations. Please use the contact pages to make any suggestions or to inform us of any new research.

Language of privacy

In Taiwan there is a concept yin-sih equivalent to ‘privacy’. The dictionary edited by the Ministry of Education defines yin-sih as the “private matter that is secret and desired to be unknown to others.” The meaning of the concept yin-sih is very close to privacy in English probably because the concept is transplanted from the Western world.

Public Interests

  • Alfred Ko-wei Hu & Tsu-Tan Fu (2005) The Public Attitude in Taiwan Regarding the Establishment of Biobank, Academia Sinica
  • Taiwan Genomic Survey (2006), Center for Survey Research, Academia SINICA, Taiwan. Explores public attitudes towards gene-related research and/or development. The National Science Council of Taiwan sponsored the 2005 survey.

Of Interest