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Taiwan tries to recruit California students to its universities

Taiwan tries to recruit California students to its universities 

Taiwan’s minister of education,Wei-Ling Chiang, travels to California 
to encourage Taiwanese American students to enroll at its universities.
By Frank Shyong
Taiwan’s minister of education, Wei-Ling Chiang, traveled toCalifornia last week to address a rarely discussed trade imbalance with theUnited States.
“Just 3,561 American-born students are enrolled in Taiwaneseuniversities, while about 24,000 Taiwanese students enroll in universities inthe U.S,” Chiang said. “We really have to address the situationnow.”
Concerned about a brain drain, Taiwanese education officials andtop public universities are renewing their efforts to enroll more internationalstudents. A dozen Taiwanese college information centers have opened in ninecountries in the last few years, including a Michigan office in August.
And in the San Gabriel Valley, Taiwan’s university recruiters havebegun to target a new demographic: the