What's even more worrisome is the fact that more and more parents are sending their children to receive an education in China in order to protect them from the challenges of English or globalization in general.
If this trend goes on, the quality of our country's future talent could become a cause for concern.
If parents continue to find the easiest path for their children, Taiwan will only go backward. If Taiwan continues to lag behind, it will end up like Penghu -- economically marginalized.
I call on our people not to seek an easy life, but to send their children to study in the most advanced countries.
I also want to warn against a situation in which our culture and publication industries are compromised by Chinese capital.
This is happening more and more often. The government should take some precautions lest someday China should write Taiwan's textbooks for us. Wouldn't that be ridiculous?
Q: Have you made any suggestions to the president regarding the Cabinet reshuffle?
Lu: The president is responsible for this and I have not discussed it with him.
In my view, all the Cabinet members in the last year or so have been working very hard.
But the general public may have different opinions. So we might as well have some professional and objective opinion polls on the performance of each Cabinet member.
For example, lawmakers could be asked to give an evaluation of each Cabinet member.
Alternatively, questionnaires could be distributed among business and academic circles for their views about Cabinet members' performances.
I believe this would generate even more reliable results.
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