EALC has an exchange program with National Tsing Hua University to sponsor several study abroad scholarships to study Mandarin in Taiwan.   Note that the fall application deadline is 2/15. coming up soon. The city Hsinchu mix big city (half a million population), traditional (temples and night markets), mountains (Professor Shih comments: “I rank my trip to the tea farmers in the mountains as my top travel/life experience, not to be missed”), and fast train access to all major cities. Talk to the Chinese instructor Yi-Xiu Lin...