Middle school students from New York City take a Wing Chun Connect class, 2018
Taipei, Taiwan
Photograph by Efan Hsieh

Taiwan has become an increasingly popular location for Americans, such as these students, interested in learning to read and write traditional Chinese characters through intensive language study abroad programs. Many Americans also travel to Taiwan to study other aspects of the culture and cuisine, its political democracy and history, or economic development.

Efan Hsieh