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20090923-Andrew-Hsia-mOn 4 March, Republic of China Deputy Minister of National Defence Andrew Li-yan Hsia (pictured) attended a seminar on ‘Peace and Security in Asia Pacific’ in the European Parliament.

As the main speaker of the panel entitled ‘Regional Security in East Asia’, Hsia expressed his opinion on Taiwan’s role in advancing the peace process in the area. According to Hsia, ROC President Ma Ying-jeou’s East China Sea Peace Initiative shows that Taiwan is willing to resolve disputes in a peaceful way and encourage other parties involved to exercise restraint and to engage in meaningful dialogues.

Since the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been negotiating the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea for more than ten years without results, Hsia said that in order to obtain tangible outcomes Taiwan should be allowed to join the negotiations. This is especially true as Taiwan holds Taiping Island, the biggest island in the South China Sea. Hsia was joined by a delegation of prominent Taiwan scholars on regional security.

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The EU Erasmus Mundus Program offers scholarships for 138 Master and 43 PhD programs to outstanding non-European students. Between 2004 and 2013, 109 Taiwan students were awarded an Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship and 10 Taiwan students received an Erasmus Mundus PhD Scholarship. In January 2014 the new Erasmus Mundus+ was launched. According to the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Enforcement Agency, Taiwan’s students perform excellently within the Erasmus Mundus program and they hope more Taiwan students will apply.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE) sponsors the Erasmus Mundus program and encourages outstanding Taiwan students to apply to get an international perspective and to enhance the country’s competitiveness. The MOE endeavors to increase the number of students during future years and to further strengthen academic ties between Taiwan and Europe.

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