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Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Taiwan: Day 8 – Hsinchu & Taichung

We woke up bright and early to begin our journey to southern Taiwan on the 27th. Professor Young and Professor Chen very kindly gave us breakfast boxes before we headed to the train station, where we rode for one stop and then transferred to the high speed trail. The ride over to Hsinchu was really gorgeous — after we arrived we got a tour of Hsinchu Science Park, a technology park with highly innovative and progressive engineering. There were titanium joints, precision machineries, concepts of various items (like a moped) and many more high-tech inventions. I’m not very versed in […]

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Posted by on May 28, 2025

Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Taiwan: Day 7 – Printing and Dihua Market

We started off day 7 of our Taiwan trip with a visit to Professor Chen’s sister in law’s brother’s printing factory, where we learned about the printing process and how printing production works. It was really interesting to see how something so essential and common to our every day lives works. Large sheets of paper are folded and cut, and the binding part is outsourced to other companies, as dispersing work often proves to be more efficient. I also really enjoyed learning about the way that culture and religion plays into the way that the printing company operates — there […]

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Posted by on May 28, 2025

Tuesday, May 27th, 2025

Day 6 in Taiwan

Today we started the day with a class session in which we meditated, reflected on our experiences in Taiwan so far, and showed what we learned by crafting two essays. I found the hardest part of the assignment to be describing the role that religion plays in economics and the extent to which it has an influence in the business realm. Although this was challenging for me, I found the activity to be helpful in the sense that I really had to think about and draw connections between business, religion, and what we have learned so far about the history […]

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Posted by on May 27, 2025

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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Posted by on May 27, 2025

Tuesday, May 27th, 2025

Day 7

I can remember as a little kid every once in awhile i would visit my grandparents print shop. The smell of the ink, paper and the machines when walking into the factory was immediately recognizable. Small businesses like this one used to be the back bone of America and even though it is in Taiwan its still nice to see that they still exist. The process and the machines where very interesting to learn about and see. Many of the machines are advanced enough so that it only really requires one worker to operate. It is interesting to hear from […]

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Posted by on May 27, 2025

Monday, May 26th, 2025

Day 5 in Taiwan

Today we began the day with a trip to the Taipei University of the Arts after a quick breakfast at the hotel. The MRT and bus ride was quite long, but definitely worth it to be able to see one of the Universities in Taiwan, and meet some locals that were our age. Upon arriving at the university, we were greeted by a recent graduate and a current student who showed us around the campus. They brought us into two art buildings that contained art exhibits that displayed work done by students at the school. I enjoyed learning about the […]

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Posted by on May 26, 2025

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