| 英文摘要 |
This paper aims at examining the relations between the development of Overseas Compatriot Student(Qiao Sheng) Education in Taiwan and the transformation of Taiwanese national imagination in the past fifty years, starting from 1951, the year when Kuomintang(KMT) regime began to
recruit overseas compatriot students, to 2008, the year when the Kuomintang party regained its status as the ruling party in replacement of the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP). In the first part, the official definitions of Taiwan and mainland China’s Overseas Chinese students are compared and contrasted to illustrate the uniqueness of Taiwan’s overseas compatriot students. The second part looks at the characteristics of Overseas Compatriot Student Education during the martial law period by analyzing the complicity between the education and the ideology of Chinese Nationalism within the island. The third part deals with the development of Taiwan’s Overseas Compatriot Student Education after the martial law was lifted in 1987 by analyzing how the education was challenged and impacted by the emergence of Taiwan’s civil society and Taiwanese national consciousness. Special emphasis will be put on the marginalization of Overseas Compatriot Student Education during the rule of DPP with the implementation of International students’ policy. Lastly, the latest development of Overseas Compatriot Student Education after the Kuomintang Party regained the presidency in 2008 will also be discussed. |
