College students from China now in Taiwan: Is Taiwanese democracy changing Chinese students?
But by allowing impressionable minds to come here, Beijing may be getting more than it bargained for.
For the first time, its citizens can stay here for an extended period of time - up to four years - and experience for themselves how a democracy in a Chinese-speaking society functions.
With everything they are exposed to, many are left wondering why things are a certain way in Taiwan and another way in China, even though in their minds: "We're all Chinese".
"Taiwan can help the mainland go on the path of democracy," Michael says. "When students come over, even if they don't know how the mainland will become a democracy, at least they know this is what Chinese democracy is like. Watching elections in the US and France is not the same. This is Chinese. Many people will ask can this be possible in China."
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This is the first I have heard about the recent agreement between China and Taiwan to allow students to attend college in each others country. Experiencing democracy in Taiwan might be more meaningful than doing so in a Western country because "This is Chinese".
