Pre-Taiwan Perceptions and Growth Before coming to Taiwan, I had a very surface-level idea of what the country is like. I think this is true for a lot of people when they’re thinking about a foreign country they’ve never been to before because it’s really easy to define a place by its tourist attractions or what shows up first on Google when you search “places to visit in *blank* country”. But, spending time in the local neighborhoods, eating local food, learning traditions, and hearing from people who actually live and work here made me realize how much more there is beneath […]