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

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Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Day Eleven – Kaohsiung

We hit many temples in Kaohsiung that were built within a variety of time periods. On the first visit, we saw a pair of pagodas built in the 1970’s called the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas. These pagodas are an iconic attraction in Taiwan built by Lotus Lake, right next to some more ancient temples that we also saw/visited. The bridge to the pagodas forms a zig-zag pattern to prevent the spirtual presences from coming in, as ghosts are said to only move in a straight line. To properly explore the pagodas, you enter the dragon’s mouth and leave through the […]

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Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Day Ten – Kaohsiung

Day Ten was a relaxed day traveling to Kaohsiung and visiting the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. The train ride was pretty short again, I recall it being little over 40 minutes. I was working on my journal and by the time I wanted to take a break and watch some tv we were already there! We had lunch at a local department store; I think it was a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, which is kind of like a Westfield in my opinion. I spotted some strawberry mochi that I snagged on the way out. It was a lot more complex […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Day Nine – Taichung & Lukang

We got a lot done despite the later wake up. Malli and I had time to visit the Starbucks a couple blocks down from our hotel, as we wanted to check out the different menu options. I got the hojicha tea latte as it is one of my favorite teas: definitely 10/10. Our first stop with the class was the National Taichung Theater, which is a feat of architecture designed by Toyo Ito. We showed up early and were told we could wait at the outdoor amphitheater, as they were expecting some people of import (I didn’t know who they […]

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Day Eight – Hsinchu & Taichung

It was finally time to visit Hsinchu Science Park (HSP). The trip by high speed rail was even faster than I’d expected, only about 30 minutes, and we were not going at top speed yet. I’m looking forward to experiencing the full 180 mph when we go all the way from Kaohsiung back to Taipei. I’ve noticed that as we reach around the halfway point of our visit, I keep adding increasingly more things to my bucket list despite having less and less time to do them all. This is definitely a country I could see myself visiting again in […]

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Tuesday, May 27th, 2025

Day Seven – Taipei

I was highly anticipating both of the visits we had scheduled for today. First, we visited a small printing company called Hong Jaan, which is owned by Prof. Chen’s brother in law. I was interested for this reason, but I also desired to see the manufacturing side of the supply chain after having visited other companies that were more on the management and shipment side of business. It was also a chance to see more concrete examples of how religion influences business, as it would be more evident in a company with seven total employees. Indeed, if you look in […]

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Monday, May 26th, 2025

Day Six – Taipei

This morning we had a lot of time dedicated toward reflection on the last five days that we’ve spent here in Taipei. We have learned many things up until this point, and now we need to do the work of critically thinking about our observations and how they demonstrate the relationship between business and religion. Despite this being the principal point of the course, I still struggled a little to draw connections between the two. Hearing my peers’ reflections and the professors’ responses to them helped me conceptualize the idea better. My goal going forward is to take more specific […]

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