By Yang Cheng-yu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerYoung Fine Gael （YFG）, the youth wing of the Irish Fine Gael party, on Friday urged the Irish government to support Taiwan’s bid to obtain observer status at the WHO, adding that it was also drafting a statement regarding the party’s stance on Irish-Chinese relations.
London, Feb. 28 (CNA) The first Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning in Ireland was inaugurated in Dublin on Sunday and will soon start accepting enrollment registrations, according to the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland.
Taiwan on Sunday opened the first branch of the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning in Ireland.
The center in Dublin would soon start accepting students, the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland said.
At the opening ceremony, Representative to Ireland Yang Tzu-pao (楊子葆) highlighted the center’s differences from similar institutions in Ireland.
There would be no limits when studying at the center and students would be in an environment that facilitates open learning, the office quoted Yang as saying.
The center is more attuned to traditional Chinese culture and values, as Taiwan uses traditional Chinese characters, he said.
Yang said he believes that the freedom-loving Irish
The Irish Senate has unanimously passed a resolution seeking to expand Dublin's relations with Taipei, and voicing their objections to Beijing's threatening to invade Taiwan