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Harvard University’s new summer program in Taipei, a study-abroad program that allows US students to experience the local culture while improving their Chinese-language skills, has been postponed to next summer.
In October last year, Harvard University said it had decided to relocate its summer program in China, also known as the Harvard Beijing Academy, from Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) to National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taipei.
The new program, also known as the Harvard Taipei Academy, was originally to begin in 2020, but had been pushed back until this summer due to COVID-19.
However, NTU on Saturday said that the program
Investing in attracting foreign students to study Mandarin in Taiwan and learn the value of the nation would have a positive diplomatic effect, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said.
Department of North American Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu (徐佑典) made the remark in an interview with the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) more than one year after the US-Taiwan Education Initiative was launched in December 2020.
Within the past year, MOFA, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Overseas Community Affairs Council launched the Taiwan Huayu Bilingual Exchanges of Selected Talent Program, and established 16 Mandarin-language centers in the