BUSINESS DECISION: The versions were compiled to appeal to compatriot schools in Southeast Asia and China, an editor said, denying ‘united front’ tactics were involved

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 28, 2017
By: Chung Li-hua and Sherry Hsiao  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Academics on Sunday condemned the alleged use of high-school textbooks written and edited by Chinese and urged the Ministry of Education to assess and respond to the situation.

Several high schools — including Wanfang Senior High School and Daren Girls’ High School in Taipei, the Affiliated Senior High School of National Kaohsiung Normal University and others — have this semester reportedly used teaching materials coedited by Taiwan’s Chinese Cultural Education Institute and the Cross-Strait Cultural Development Collaborative Innovation Center and College of Chinese Languages and Literature at China’s Fujian Normal University.

The textbooks — Standard-Level High School Language and Literature (普通高中國文) volumes one and two — were published by Yu Pen Digital Publishing and edited by institute director Sun Chien-chiu (孫劍秋) and others.

They passed reviews by the ministry’s National Academy for Educational Research (NAER) in January and June respectively.    [FULL  STORY]