Hsu, in her early 50s, has accumulated years of teaching experiences in agricultural, leisure and business management, as well as agronomy.

In Taiwan, she used to teach at the National Chung Hsing University, the Providence University in Taichung and at the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology in Yunlin.

In 2018, Fujian unveiled more than 60 measures for the benefit of Taiwan residents, including incentives for recruiting talent in education.

The broader teaching prospects and ample funds for academic research from the mainland aroused Hsu's interest in an offer from the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.

The mainland university has maintained good relations with the National Chung Hsing University over the years.

She made a trip to the Anxi tea college later that year to get a feel for teaching in the Chinese mainland.

In the interim, Hsu gave a mock teaching session before the college authority.

"We hit it off right away," she says.