Exploring the Fusion of Business, Culture, and Religion in Taiwan: The Heart of Asia

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Day 4：Tech Convention and Shrimp Fishing

While I have been a fan of the cultural impact and the religious significance of the country, the technology side has always been a favorite for me as I have always loved computers and gaming since I was a kid. The tech convention we went to exemplified how important Taiwan actually is on the global scale. We went to convention with a member of Gigbyte, a computer manufacturing company that, with the help of Nvidia, work on the production and creation of computer chips. They talked about the what goes on in the process for making computer softwares and their […]

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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Day 3: Taiwanese’s Religions and Temples

SInce we’ve been in Taiwan, we have mostly learned about the political landscape and history of the country. One thing we have not looked into are the religions and their history inside of the country. To do this, we decided to go to important religious temples of both Buddhism and Daoism to spot not only the differences but their significances towards the people of Taiwan. Buddhism and Daoism are the major religions in Taiwan, with their being many temples all over Taipei City and locals praying inside of them around any part of the day, especially in the morning. We […]

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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Day 2: Companies and 宁夏夜市

For Day 2, we spent the day going to different companies to learn more about the both the politics and business side of Taiwan. We first went to the American Institute of Taiwan, which acts as the de facto embassy between the US and Taiwan. During the meeting, we got to learn more about not only the relationship between Taiwan and China, but how Taiwan fits into global politics and economy. Their goals for how they want to be represented in the world also appeared during our conversation as I learned that Taiwan wants to stay connected with the rest […]

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Friday, May 23rd, 2025

Day 1: Early in Taiwan and Temples

I arrived a day early for this trip as I have been in Southeast Asia and Australia since January for a different abroad experience. The different time zones of the US and Singapore caused the mishap in flights, so I got to explore Taiwan for an entire day by myself. Sadly, I could not explore as much as I want. I did not get to sleep on my 1am flight so I had no energy when I arrived at the hotel. After taking a nap in my hotel room and waking up at 5pm, I explored the local area and […]

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Sunday, May 18th, 2025

Pre-Taiwan Goals

Hi my name is Dylan Jones and this will be my first time traveling to Taiwan. I have been learning Chinese (Mandarin) since I was in high school and it has always been one of my life’s goal to go to Taiwan as my first Chinese teacher was Taiwanese and she talked very highly of her country. This semester I have been in Singapore and Australia which has allowed me to experience different cultures and experiences. But I believe Taiwan will be a completely different experience as the countries I have already been to spoke English as their main language. […]

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