How 1 year in Taiwan changed my perspectives forever

Jacky Wang
12 min readApr 14, 2021

When I first escaped covid in the US — I had no idea I was gonna be in Taiwan for so long. The original plan was 3 months, which became 6, then 9, then a year.

I want to share the events, reflections and lessons that were important to me. And to internalize how this year changed my perspective of the world, potentially my future.

Why Taiwan?

Taiwan started wearing masks and quarantining people from Wuhan, China in 2019 December. I was aware of what was happening on the other side of…

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