The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2016

106 JULY-AUGUST 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY WILLIAM KLEIN n TAINAN, TAIWAN Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”, or 1 MB or larger) and must not be in print elsewhere. Please include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T wo students commemorate their graduation by posing for a picture at the Confucius Temple in Tainan, the oldest city on the island of Taiwan. Built in 1665, Tainan’s Confucius Temple was co n- ceived as part of a complex for higher education and scholarship. The temple continues to play a symbolic role associated with education in the life of the city. Ancient Confucian ceremonies related to education are still being conducted on a regular basis at the temple. Following a custom found elsewhere in the Chinese-speaking world, many local students come to the temple to pray for success before taking their final examinations. n FSO William Klein has served as chief of the political section at the American Institute in Taiwan since 2013. This month he begins his onward assignment as minister counselor for political affairs at U.S. Embassy Beijing. He took this photo in March with a Canon EOS 60D, f5/6, 1/160 of a second exposure, 113mm focal length, 250 ISO.