A BIG RISK? Forty-six percent of respondents disagreed and 32 percent agreed that restricting foreign students from returning would imperil schools’ survival
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 23, 2020
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Former Shih Chien University president Michael Chen, center, speaks at a news conference held by the Grassroots Influence Foundation in Taipei yesterday to announce the results of an opinion poll asking if the government should allow more Chinese students to return to their studies at local universities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo: Rachel Lin, Taipei Times
The Ministry of Education on Aug. 5 announced that all foreign students could return to their studies in Taiwan, but later that day said that the policy did not include all Chinese students, sparking criticism.
According to the ministry, Chinese students who are to graduate this semester have been allowed to return since July 22.
Asked if they support the government allowing Chinese students to return to their studies in Taiwan, 43 percent of respondents expressed support, while another 43 percent expressed disapproval, the poll showed. [FULL STORY]
