By Jonathan Chin / Staff reporterThe Chinese government could make itself an “international joke” by discouraging its citizens from enrolling in Taiwanese universities, New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) said on Saturday. I urge the Chinese communist regime to restrain its fears, lest it become an international joke,” Hsu said on Facebook. As an open and tolerant society, Taiwan has never been the one to obstruct free exchanges between Taiwan and China, Hsu said. “The Chinese government’s narrow-mindedness and lack of self-confidence has been thoroughly revealed by its attempt to stop students from studying in Taiwan. The communist government is afraid that once young Chinese are exposed to democracy, they will question the regime and shake the foundations of its rule,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times August 06, 2017 15:56 UTC