Originally Posted by twentysixtwo

+1

It's as much a personal choice as buying locally grown produce or fair trade coffee - why get your panties in a bunch? I work for Ford Motor so buying US products obviously hits close to home.

I do feel that the OP could have been a little more tactful "do not want my frame to have ever touched Taiwan" seems offensive to me (my father was from Taiwan) and ignores the real violator of human rights, etc PRC.

BTW, Taiwan is very close to being on par with Japan and the rest of the first world in terms of living standards, quality of products, adherence to international laws and conventions on pollution, human rights, Intellectual Property, etc....