Journal Entry

A couple hours before leaving Brisbane…

The reason why I was attracted by Taiwan Study Tour is because Taiwan is always a mysterious place to me, since I learned a lot about Taiwan from Chinese Textbook when I was studying in China, the articles are describing the sceneries, the life, or the ancient story happening in Taiwan. The relationship between China Mainland and Taiwan is complicated that sometime is hard for us to “see” the real Taiwan without getting there. Taiwanese culture originated from China but it has developed and combined with Japanese culture throughout the history. Not before I met some Taiwanese friends in Brisbane did I realised how much difference between culture in China Mainland and culture in Taiwan.

Through previous research on Creative project, I found out that the Creative Industries in Taiwan is well-developed and really looking forward to immense myself to the environment. I had seen the increases in creative industries in China, I was

I am looking forward to get to know Taiwan more in every aspects, creative industries, cultures, artists, people and ……of course food!!! I hope that through this study tour, I would have a good understanding of Taiwan and draw some inspiration from this trip.