Cross-Straitization of Higher Education: Voices of the Mainland Chinese Students Studying in Taiwan

Recent changes in the political atmosphere between Taiwan and Mainland China has led to the lifting of the long-time ban on recruiting Chinese students to study in Taiwan. In September of 2011, more than 900 Chinese students were admitted as degree-seekers to study in Taiwan universities. While, the number of short-term exchange programs numbered by the thousands. In light of the current changes from internationalization to cross-straitization; the phenomenal changes in policies that deals with Taiwan and Mainland China, this presentation shall seeks to understand the various pushpull factors and implications with regards to the Chinese students studying in Taiwan.