Taiwan will blacklist two Chinese universities from engaging in student exchange programs with Taiwan over alleged links to the United Front, a Chinese Communist Party department that gathers intelligence on and attempts to influence “elite individuals” from outside China, including Taiwan.
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00:00Taiwan says it will blacklist two Chinese universities, essentially banning student
00:05exchange programs between them and Taiwan.
00:09Education Minister Zeng Yingyao says Huaqiao and Jinan universities are controlled by China's
00:14United Front Work Department.
00:17That's the body that gathers intelligence on and attempts to influence so-called elite
00:21individuals from outside China, including Taiwan.
00:25The minister says the ban is needed to prevent Beijing from systematically targeting Taiwanese
00:30students.
00:32Institutions found defying the ban will lose government subsidies, though individual students
00:37will still be able to apply to schools independently.