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Not the first time either, e.g. lecturers getting in trouble for calling Taiwan a country: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41104634 https://www.bbc.com
by guitarbill 8y ago
Not the first time either, e.g. lecturers getting in trouble for calling Taiwan a country: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41104634 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41104634
This is not likely to change, universities make too much money off foreign students. Australia is maybe in a more precarious position simply because of their geographic location and the resulting trade partners. (That isn't to say Australia is the only place this pressure is felt though.)
- true_religion 8y agoI thought Taiwan believed themselves to be China. As the govt. in exile.
- tivert 8y ago> I thought Taiwan believed themselves to be China. As the govt. in exile. Some of them do, and I believe that's still the official position (so as to not anger the PRC), but they've been politically separate for so long that many Taiwanese believe they are a separate nation and have little desire for future political integration with the mainland [1]. IIRC, the current Taiwanese president is from a pro-independence [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen#Cross-strait_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen#Cross-strait_rela...