Protest to decry Chinese student rules‘CROSS-STRAIT CONSIDERATIONS’: Groups said that the Ministry of Education’s policies excluded Chinese and students should not be blocked over political issuesStaff writer, with CNAThe Taiwan International Student Movement yesterday said it would protest today outside the Ministry of Education in Taipei against a policy that excludes some Chinese students from returning to Taiwan amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The students’ group criticized the policy on Facebook, calling the exclusion of Chinese students an example of politics overriding the right to study. Chinese students should not been blocked due to political factors, the second group said. The council on Wednesday night said that there have been several cases recently of Chinese authorities preventing Chinese students from traveling to Taiwan. National Taiwan University yesterday said in a statement that it “deeply regrets” the ministry’s decision not to include Chinese students in its latest policy.

Source: Taipei Times August 06, 2020 15:56 UTC