The Taiwanese Government, together with policy-makers worldwide, has employed the notions of creative city and creative class developed by Florida (2002, 2005) and Landry (2000) as a new, progressive and hopeful panacea for urban regeneration. This paper uses the example of Taipei City to explore how the Taipei City Government transfers this global epidemic of creative city to their policy rhetoric and action plans through policy learning and book translations. It also discusses the aspects of discourse that have been highlighted and neglected in the policy texts and plans of Taipei City related to the development of creative city and creative class. It employs the reflections and criticisms addressed in the English literature, and case studies involving North American and European cities, to examine the possible myths and limitations behind the new image of Taipei City.