It's _possible_, especially in Taipei, but you'll want to take some classes before you go. I have non-Taiwanese friends who never learned Chinese, but they all

It's _possible_, especially in Taipei, but you'll want to take some classes before you go. I have non-Taiwanese friends who never learned Chinese, but they all regret it. I find language learning fun though so it's definitely a feature, not a bug, for me personally.