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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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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Day Four – Taipei

Day Four was mostly free for us, with our first and only true engagement starting at 1, so Hanna, Malli, Mikey and I took a walk along the river after waking up at around 6 AM. It was meant to be a bike ride, but we were having many, many technical difficulties. It was a lovely walk anyhow, and we ended up talking to this one man who was walking 5500 kilometers over the course of a 1.5 years (5k a day) as part of a deal he made with his friend. See more on his Instagram page, which you […]

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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Taiwan: Day 4 – Tech Convention + Exploring Ximen

After waking up at around 5 AM, still slightly jet lagged, I ate breakfast and then set out to explore our area, as I had plans to visit a few shops and buy a couple necessary items – a laundry bag, tote, umbrella, etc. To my dismay I discovered that most places don’t actually open till around 11, so my options were more limited. Still, I was able to visit a couple shops and start buying some gifts/souvenirs to bring back for my friends. I also tried Xing Fu Tang’s famous brown sugar boba, which was tasty but little too […]

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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Taiwan Day five (5/24)

Today (5/24), we started our day by boarding the train and heading the Taiwan Art School. Unfortunately, once we got onto the train it started pouring and I did not have a rain jacket. Luckily, we were able to find umbrella’s at the train station, but I my feet still seemed to get wet. We met two students, one who was a graduate and one who was a senior, at the train station and they helped us get onto a bus and head to the campus. Once we arrived at the campus, they let us walk around and explain to […]

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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Day 3

Today, we shifted from analyzing the types of business in Taiwan to learning more about Taiwanese religion. We started our day by visiting a temple that blends Daoist and Buddhist customs in a temple constructed during the Japanese colonial period. I took a Buddhist religion course with one of the leaders on this trip, Professor Young. So I found seeing the things I learned in his real-life class particularly interesting. I loved the beautiful architecture and the purposeful placement of the different dragon and phoenix sculptures on the roof of the building. We followed this temple visit with one more […]

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Saturday, May 24th, 2025

Day 2

Day 2 of Taiwan felt a lot more impactful than the first day. We started our day very excitedly by going to the A&T building. This building functions like an embassy for people wishing to do business overseas, from America to Taiwan and vice versa. We learned a lot about the crucial relationship between America and Taiwan in a very engaging way, understanding how much both countries benefit from helping one another. I loved this part of the day because I had no idea how important Taiwan was to America, despite Taiwan being so small and far away. We piggybacked […]

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