Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/09
By: Chang Jung-hsiang and William Yen
Taipei, Sept. 9 (CNA) An El Salvadorian student learning Chinese in Taiwan has decided
Janeth Ramirez (photo courtesy of National Cheng Kung University)
to stay and become a freshman at one of Taiwan’s national universities, despite the severing of diplomatic relations last month.
Janeth Ramirez, who has already completed a year of study at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, southern Taiwan, is preparing to start her studies in the university’s Department of Chemistry this semester.
According to NCKU’s school calender, classes for the semester start Monday.
A total of three El Salvadorian students originally planned to enroll at NCKU this semester but following the severing of ties between the Central American country and Taiwan on Aug. 21, two students have since withdrawn, leaving Ramirez the only one to go ahead with her original plans. [FULL STORY]