2021/03/15 17:16 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) More overseas Chinese students are interested in applying to study in Taiwanese universities this year, according to the latest statistics compiled by the University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students (UECOCS). Nearly 7,000 overseas Chinese students have applied to study at universities in Taiwan this year, a 30 percent increase compared to the same period last year, CNA reported. Hong Kong students accounted for the largest increase, with over 1,000 more applications year over year. Wu Tung-hsing (武東星), president of National Chi Nan University, the school handling UECOCS affairs, told CNA the key factor in the enhanced interest is Taiwan’s success in handling the pandemic.
IN FOCUS: Taiwan urged to guard democracy against PRC
By Chen Yu-fu
and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Six months on since the imposition of Hong Kong’s National Security Law, and the “one country, two systems” framework has been thoroughly debunked, exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) duplicitous nature, a Taiwanese national security official said, urging Taiwan to safeguard its democracy against Chinese encroachment, as Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) has similar ambitions for Taiwan.
The territory’s law was not the only of its kind to be passed in recent years, said the official, who wished to remain anonymous, as he pointed to the 2015 National Security Law of the People’s Republic of China.