MOE cautions those with ties to blacklisted schoolsBy Chung Li-hua and Rachel Lin / Staff reportersSeveral national universities in Taiwan continue to have sister-school partnerships with Chinese institutions that are affiliated with the United Front Work Department (UFWD) or closely linked with China’s military industry, despite warnings from the Ministry of Education (MOE). Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao (鄭英耀) also previously discouraged schools from conducting academic exchanges with China. Photo: Rachel Lin, Taipei TimesThe education ministry last year blacklisted three Chinese schools affiliated with the UFWD — Jinan University in Guangzhou, Huaqiao University in Xiamen and Quanzhou, and Beijing Chinese Language and Culture College — banning schools from having exchanges or recognizing their academic credentials. Kaohsiung’s National Sun Yat-sen University, where Cheng had been a faculty member, originally had sister-school partnerships with 27 Chinese schools. Schools remain listed as sister schools until partnership agreements expire, it said.

Source: Taipei Times April 04, 2026 16:23 UTC