Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Should Taiwan Universities accept Chinese students?

In this blog I will point out an issue that I thought was interesting. I want to see if anyone will comment on my post and give a sentence or two to explain their opinion. They are no wrong answer I am writing this to encourage you to practice writing in complete sentences.

This article looks at a debate in the over letting college students from Chinese study in Taiwanese University. This is just one many issues in Taiwan's ongoing debate over how to work with China without losing their own independence. A few Legislators got into a physical fight over the issue.

At another side of the conference room, DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩) chased KMT Legislator Lu Hsueh-chang (呂學樟), shouting “the KMT should be ashamed” as Lu was leaving for the conference room’s lounge. Lu at first told Chiu to mind her manners as a woman, but later pushed Chiu to the ground while Chiu kept yelling “shame on [President] Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)” and “shame on the KMT administration.”
DPP Legislator William Lai (賴清德), who was at the scene, urged Lu to apologize for “hitting a woman,” but Lu refused, arguing that Chiu was accusing him of being shameless.

Meanwhile, KMT Legislator Chao Li-yun (趙麗雲), one of the conveners of the committee, burst into tears, saying that “we are paid to do something instead of being paid to fight.”

Sounds like KMT Legislator Lu Hsueh-chang and DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying were acting like little kids. Hsueh-chang was to proud to apologize for hitting Chiu Yi-ying.
Many people argue that if you let Chinese students study at Taiwan universities less Taiwanese students will be able to make it to college and once the Chinese students graduate they could stay in Taiwan and take away jobs. However, foreigns from countries all over the world have come to Taiwan to study at Taiwanese universities for several decades so why can't Chinese students? Some people are suggesting that Taiwan should only let a few Chinese students come every year to limit the impact they will have on Taiwanese colleges. Do you think that Chinese students should be allowed to study in Taiwanese Universities? Should Taiwan recognize Chinese degrees? Why? Should they only allow a limited number of students?

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