The Cross-strait Civic Course: The Taiwan Experiences of Exchange Students from China / 跨海公民課──大陸交換學生的台灣經驗

碩士 / 國立臺灣大學 / 新聞研究所 / 99 / In August 2010, the Taiwanese legislature has passed amendments to three laws, providing mainland students the accesses to Taiwanese colleges. Mainland students will be able to attend Taiwan universities starting from this September.
In 2009, 2888 mainland students who observed and learned the style of living in Taiwan in the name of education exchanges, are the pioneers of mainland students studying in Taiwan. This in-depth reporting has interviewed 25 exchange students from mainland China, drawing the pictures of their Taiwan experiences in 4 aspects, including society, campus, history, and politics. They consider Taiwan as “charming” because of its multiculturalism and the warmth shown by its residents, which bring “harmony” to Taiwanese daily life. On campus, there are a lot of contrasts between calm Taiwanese and diligent mainland students: the former happy and act by nature while the latter aggressive, and act with clear targets. The operation of clubs in Taiwan and mainland campus reflects the differences of politics and society across Taiwan Strait, like a mirror. In Taiwan, mainland students think about history and future, accept another point of view about historical events, and search for information banned by China authorities. At the same time, they listen to the voice from Taiwanese people. Although they are confused with value judgment and can’t draw the conclusions, they attempt to gather the truth instead of simply accepting the version of authorities, which is meaningful itself. Last but not least, they not only get themselves immersed in the political atmosphere in Taiwan, but also feel that the Taiwanese have quite complex emotions about the concept of “democracy.” From “big government, small society” of mainland China to “small government, big society” of Taiwan, they admire that Taiwanese live in a more “real” life and can influence politics.
This in-depth reporting considers those Taiwan experiences of students from China as a lesson of “cross-strait civic course”. Mainland students have experienced democratic citizenship in Taiwan from different images of cross-trait politicians and multiculturalism. They also have cultivated a sense of citizenship by attending to various civic talks, social and political activities.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/099NTU05383007
Date January 2011
CreatorsHsiao-Hsiang Keo, 柯曉翔
ContributorsChin-Hwa Chang, Tzu-Lin Chu, 張錦華, 朱賜麟
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format81

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