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This is the the “great hall” of the shopping mall linked to my hotel in Hong Kong. I stayed there only long enough to check in before my trip to Shenzhen a short bus ride away on the mainland.
The open area was about six stories high with flowers and lights on the railings of each [...]

One of the historic sites I toured was the Chiang Kei-shek Memorial. Here are some of my favorite photos of this and other historic sites in Taipei. There is cultural info on Taiwan below but I encourage you to go online and discover for yourself the wealth of information available about the history of this [...]

Here I am outside the Taoist Temple. It was a drizzly day in Taipei but nothing could dampen the beauty of this temple. Our guide told us that the Dragon symbolizes the Emperor and the Phoenix, the Empress. Here are other photos from this beautiful serene stop on my tour.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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One of many many things that I learned traveling and training in China and Taiwan is that there are significant opportunities for those of us in the educational and training industries to contribute and to learn from the Chinese. The people I met are industrious, hard working, passionate, and making money! The women right [...]

Color symbolism changes from culture to culture. One of my Chinese colleagues told me that wearing all white clothing is a definite no-no when going to a party for an older person because for the Chinese, white is the color of funerals and death. White is used to express sorrow and grief. For this reason, [...]

I’m in the office of my client on the 14th floor over looking a very pretty scene - a green park (think of a smaller version of Central Park’s Meadow), canal waterway and busy street. I see trees, a cluster of evergreens, and two levels of buildings around the park. The lower lever look to [...]