You hit the nail directly on it's head! These types of reactions are caused by a lack of education and fear/suspicion of the unknown in almost all cases. People such as the Taiwan government official don't know what Bitcoin is but, they know it is associated with crime and criminal activity so, they fear it. And fear brings irrational, knee jerk decision making. We have seen this time and time again throughout history.

So, what can we do about it? Simple, educate those who have power but lack understanding. We have a great vehicle in DCEBrief and we need to continue to get the word out. Perhaps, along with the "Regulation" header, we could add a header for world leaders where articles would specifically deal with not over reacting to every crime using Bitcoin or other digital currency. Perhaps a focused, advertised and well placed section for world leaders would pick up some readership from those who actually make the rules and who's knee jerk reactions can easily affect the entire globe including financial markets in other countries.

And, remember Mr. Tseng Ming-chung, when you "ban" something, then only the criminals will be free to use it. It doesn't work the way you think it does. Looks like Taiwan's citizens are not as free as mainland China's citizens. Might want to think about that for a moment...