The day began with another great lecture on The Economic Development of Taiwan and the Latent Factors Behind It by Professor Frank Y-H Ying. He got his PhD at the University of Kentucky and is the Executive VP of NTNU. He’s been to every US state and his kids are in school in the US. We learned so much and I even understood most of it! My take aways were mostly about current issues Taiwan is facing including an aging workforce, young retirement age, and lack of young people. It’s going to be tough for them if they don’t figure out a solution I think.
Lunch was at the university again, we’ve been having bento style meals. This was the first day that wasn’t great, it was just a little spicy for me. We had a frozen rice treat though with bean paste inside that was really good. It’s the dragon boat festival holiday so apparently it’s a traditional food on that day.
After lunch we went out to the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. It’s a beautiful traditional Chinese building, 30 meters tall and 100 meters on each side.
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