From the pioneer work of American legal scholar Kenneth A. Jacobsen, Western scholars have exhibited a special interest for religious liberty issues in democratic Taiwan. In particular, several dozen articles by Western academics have been devoted to the Tai Ji Men case. The paper explores the reasons why the Tai Ji Men case particularly resonated with Western scholars and discusses their main works. First, the Tai Ji Men case happened in a democratic context normally contrasted with non-democratic China and proved that religious liberty issues also exist in democratic parts of the Sinosphere. Second, the case focused on taxation and tax exemption of Qigong- and martial-arts-based communities of belief, a subject whose relevance goes beyond Taiwan. Third, Tai Ji Men's own activism and international outreach caught the attention of several scholars, making them sympathetic to their cause.