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Wealth Awakening

Lend Money to Relatives? 4 Tactics to Escape Taiwan's Face-Saving Vampire Trap

Lending to relatives isn't kindness — it's slow-motion financial suicide. The moment you wire your savings out of guilt, you fall into Taiwan's most lethal face-saving debt trap. We dismantle the hidden logic of bank risk models, opportunity cost, and family blackmail — then arm you with four systematic defenses: play poor, lock your assets, use your partner as a shield, and treat loans as sunk-cost charity.

2026.06.22 14 min

Wealth Awakening

Three Invisible Killers Are Emptying Your Wallet in the Economic Winter! A Zero-Cost Financial Firewall in Practice

Old Wang gave up his latte, his gym membership, his family vacation—and three months later his account balance hadn't budged, while the hollow feeling inside only got worse. In a downturn, the things that truly devour wealth are never the visible expenses—they're three killers hidden under the iceberg: a sudden health shock, the steady bleeding of unconscious spending, and the stagnation of personal value perception. This article provides 7 concrete actions—almost free—that build a personal financial firewall. Start with a 30-minute walk each day.

2026.06.21 7 min