In the summer of 2008 the 33-year-old Hsia got his PhD in law from Peking University. Even before graduating he began actively seeking a job in a Taiwanese firm, but his several interviews were painful experiences.
2008 年夏天，33 歲即將取得北京大學法律博士學位的他，還沒畢業就積極找工作，希望能為台資企業服務，但幾次面試經驗很是慘痛。