Taiwan Resource Center set up in CzechBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe 39th Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies has been established at a university in the Czech Republic, with more set to be opened in Europe, the National Central Library (NCL) said yesterday. NCL Director-General Tseng Shu-hsien (曾淑賢) and Masaryk University rector Martin Bares on Monday last week signed an agreement to set up the Taiwan center as part of the university’s Asia Studies Centre, the library said in a news release. There are 22 Taiwan Resource Centers in Europe, including the new one; five in the US; 11 across Asia (including Russia); and one in Australia, the library’s Web site showed. Last year, four centers were set up in universities in Lithuania, France, Switzerland and Estonia. Most foreigners learn Chinese using simplified characters, but the Taiwan centers would allow them to access publications that use traditional characters and other cultural assets of Taiwan, Yen said.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2022 03:58 UTC