Fascinating. Stories like this really make me want to learn Chinese and/or move there for a while. The story highlights how they were able to benefit from US culture and education, to the point where they now took the lead. I wonder how the West could benefit from Asian culture.
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+1 this! I'm sitting in a cafe, working remotely from Taipei right now. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.
There's a large group of hackernews reader types of people here right now who all socialize here since Covid is non-existent.