Surveys conducted by academics and student groups show that the number of Taiwanese students studying in China has decreased by one-third since last year.
According to the Taiwan Student Union, the number of students studying in China fell to 2,000 this year from last year's figure of 3,000.
President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) administration has said it will continue to refuse to recognize diplomas from Chinese universities, and it is thought this policy may have influenced the number of students seeking higher education in China.
Another survey conducted by George Yang (楊景堯), an associate professor at the Tamkang Graduate Institute of China Studies, had similar results.
"More private school students wish to study in China than students in government schools. Those enrolled in humanities programs are more likely to study in China than students who study sciences. Also, students in the south of the country are less willing to study in China than students in the north," Yang said.
However, Yang said that because not all students who study in the south are originally from that area, so the reason for their unwillingness to travel to China to study warrants further research.
The survey showed that 65 percent of students supported recognizing diplomas from Chinese universities, while 50 percent of respondents felt that government recognition of Chinese diplomas would help improve cross-strait ties. However, more than 60 percent of respondents felt that recognizing Chinese diplomas would negatively impact on poorly managed Taiwanese universities and colleges.
The more educated respondents were, the more they favored recognition of Chinese diplomas, with 82 percent of graduate students supporting the question.
WANG RELEASED: A police investigation showed that an organized crime group allegedly taught their clients how to pretend to be sick during medical exams Actor Darren Wang (王大陸) and 11 others were released on bail yesterday, after being questioned for allegedly dodging compulsory military service or forging documents to help others avoid serving. Wang, 33, was catapulted into stardom for his role in the coming-of-age film Our Times (我的少女時代). Lately, he has been focusing on developing his entertainment career in China. The New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office last month began investigating an organized crime group that is allegedly helping men dodge compulsory military service using falsified documents. Police in New Taipei City Yonghe Precinct at the end of last month arrested the main suspect,
Eleven people, including actor Darren Wang (王大陸), were taken into custody today for questioning regarding the evasion of compulsory military service and document forgery, the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said. Eight of the people, including Wang, are suspected of evading military service, while three are suspected of forging medical documents to assist them, the report said. They are all being questioned by police and would later be transferred to the prosecutors’ office for further investigation. Three men surnamed Lee (李), Chang (張) and Lin (林) are suspected of improperly assisting conscripts in changing their military classification from “stand-by
LITTORAL REGIMENTS: The US Marine Corps is transitioning to an ‘island hopping’ strategy to counterattack Beijing’s area denial strategy The US Marine Corps (USMC) has introduced new anti-drone systems to bolster air defense in the Pacific island chain amid growing Chinese military influence in the region, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. The new Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) Mk 1 is being developed to counter “the growing menace of unmanned aerial systems,” it cited the Marine Corps as saying. China has constructed a powerful defense mechanism in the Pacific Ocean west of the first island chain by deploying weapons such as rockets, submarines and anti-ship missiles — which is part of its anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy against adversaries — the
Former Taiwan People’s Party chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) may apply to visit home following the death of his father this morning, the Taipei Detention Center said. Ko’s father, Ko Cheng-fa (柯承發), passed away at 8:40am today at the Hsinchu branch of National Taiwan University Hospital. He was 94 years old. The center said Ko Wen-je was welcome to apply, but declined to say whether it had already received an application. The center also provides psychological counseling to people in detention as needed, it added, also declining to comment on Ko Wen-je’s mental state. Ko Wen-je is being held in detention as he awaits trial
RSS