Schools offer 50 scholarships for Czech studentsBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterSeven Taiwanese universities are to offer 50 scholarships for Czech nationals to study Chinese in Taiwan, one of the achievements of a visit by a delegation headed by Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. “I am Taiwanese” refers to a statement Vystrcil made in a speech on Sept. 1 at the Legislative Yuan. A Czech student in Taiwan speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, at which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced 50 scholarships for Czechs to study Chinese in Taiwan. All of the schools have Chinese language centers recommended by the Ministry of Education, Department of European Affairs Director-General Johnson Chiang (姜森) said. The schools are to submit their proposals to the ministry, which would offer subsidies for the program, he said, without elaborating on the duration of the scholarships or the amount of the subsidies.

Source: Taipei Times September 29, 2020 16:01 UTC