Taiwan offer university places to Chinese students

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Updated November 23, 2009 20:46:34

In another sign of improving relations, Taiwan has announced it'll allow Chinese students to attend its universities.

Taiwan's Ministry of Education says it'll recognise the degrees of 41 Chinese universities, allowing those students to study in the self-governed state. It'll be the first time Taiwan would admit students from the mainland but the plan has attracted criticism from indepdence groups.

Presenter: Anna Walker
Speakers: Professor Bruce Jacobs, Director of the Taiwan Research Institute at Melbourne's Monash University; Professor Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, former president of the Chinese Studies Association and a lecturer at the University of Sydney

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