I couldn't stand this, Yi Yi was more my speed but still didn't like it.
The Terrorizers is legit 10/0, I've yet to see Taipei Story but I got the Blu a few days ago.
But to get more in depth about your question, ABSD has great pacing and it lets you really examine everything about the picture and the subtext, I don't know much about Mainland China and other China, but the film does well at establishing the conflicts between them and the lack of identity of Taiwan, it's also a very good coming of age tale, but for personally it did nothing.
I'm glad it got so much attention though.