Taiwan attracts disenchanted Hong Kong students

Taiwan has allowed in dozens of Hong Kong students this year through newly added pre-university courses amid the erosion of academic freedoms in the Chinese city following the introduction of the national security law last summer, writes Huang Tzu-ti for Taiwan News.

The National Taiwan Normal University’s Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students launched an enrolment drive for the spring semester at the request of the Mainland Affairs Council. A total of 48 pupils, including 39 Hongkongers were admitted, according to the Liberty Times.

Previously, the university only ran the pre-university education programme during the fall semester, and the exception this year was intended to offer more opportunities for Hong Kong and Macau students hoping to study in Taiwan, wrote CNA.
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