A STEP TOO FAR:As China cuts the number of students it allows to come to Taiwan, universities have proposed sending teachers over, but authorities rejected the plan

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 20, 2017
By: Chung Li-hua  /  Staff reporter

In response to Beijing’s attempt to assimilate Taiwanese students while restricting the number of Chinese students studying in Taiwan, the government has rejected academic exchange programs that would result in an outflow of Taiwanese academics to China, officials said.

Since the Democratic Progressive Party administration took office in May last year, Beijing has restricted the number of Chinese students and tourists visiting Taiwan while offering preferential treatment to Taiwanese students in the areas of education and work to assimilate them.

While Beijing has limited the number of full-degree students it allows to study in Taiwan, it has also reduced the number of short-term exchange students.

In China’s Fujian Province alone, the approved number of exchanges to Taiwan was 6,800 three years ago, but was reduced to 3,400 people last year and further reduced to 2,000 this year.    [FULL  STORY]