Diversify for a global vision
While the US is struck by economic stagnation, many emerging markets, with the exception of China, are enjoying promising economic prospects.
Unfortunately, the majority of research and curricula conducted and offered by business schools in Taiwan’s universities do not address these opportunities.
China and the US are still the main focuses of business research and curricula in Taiwan’s universities.
This is because the majority of faculty members earn their doctorates in the US, and Taiwanese are familiar with Chinese and choose to study China.
Meanwhile, what is the “internationalization” the Ministry of Education has been promoting?
Many universities tout courses taught in English as evidence of internationalization, but this might be superficial.
All of this raises concerns for Taiwan’s business schools: How can they compete with business schools in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and even those in the US, UK and Australia?
If Taiwan’s business schools enhanced their topic areas to include emerging markets such as India, Mongolia, Southeast Asia, South America, Russia and eastern Europe, they would have more advantages to attract international students, because they would enhance students’ global vision.
This might also be a viable way to make internationalization a real practice.
Chingning Wang
Pingtung
Taiwanese to choose future
The leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must be a bit thick-headed.
When will they realize that Taiwan’s future will be determined, not by the CCP, but by the will of Taiwanese exercised in accordance with the principles of democracy, a system which could well be recommended to the CCP?
Gavan Duffy
Australia
Much to learn from WWII
What an interesting story highlighting the tragedy of the US bombing of Taipei during World War II (“Taipei Air Raid: a forgotten tragedy,” June 7, page 12).
As a part of the Japanese Empire at the time, Taiwan served as an integral part of the Japanese war effort and consequently the US bombed Taipei and, according to the article, quite extensively.
The stories of those who survived should be recorded and documented to further enlighten us as to the effect such attacks had on civilians, soldiers and the war effort.
A comprehensive analysis of the war calls for such an assessment.
As mentioned in the article, Hung Chih-wen is a leader in calling attention to this important part of Taiwan’s history and to the history of the war in the Pacific.
Hopefully such a tragedy will never be perpetrated by any other country on Taiwan. We have so much to learn by examining this event.
Dave Hall
Taipei
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