Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/16
By: Phoenix Hsu and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) A recent survey showed that Taiwan’s secondary school and college students lacked adequate global vision and understanding when it comes to international matters, an organization said Thursday.

The non-profit King Car Cultural and Educational Foundation conducted the survey in September among secondary school and college students nationwide and found that 50.3 percent of those polled do not fully understand China’s One Belt and One Road Initiative, while 46.9 percent are unfamiliar with the South China Sea regional dispute.

Asked about the biggest challenge they faced with regard to citizen diplomacy, 62.5 percent of the students said they lacked proficiency in foreign languages for communication.    [FULL  STORY]