Will the Dangerous Cases Influence International Students' Will to Study in Taiwan?

 Recently, more and more students choose to study abroad, and it raises a serious question about safety of exchanged students. It is possible for everyone to face these personal safety problems such as being targets of criminals; however, international students have more chances because of their foreign background. Some students would be considered rich due to their ability to go abroad for study, and some would be deceived because of language gap. So the interview below shows some international students’ attitude toward their personal safety.

 When asking if they heard the news that a Japanese student was raped and killed by a taxi driver in Taiwan, Cheung Ming, a nineteen-year-old girl who came from Hong Kong, said, “No, I didn’t heard it before. But it sounds terrible. I would never take taxi alone at night. Moreover, I would avoid going out at night.” And when asking whether this kind of cases change their original intentions to come to Taiwan , compared to girls, Jaime Li, a twenty-year-old boy that came from Panama, was not afraid of these thing at all and expressed that terrible things happened everywhere.

  Relieved by the conclusion that horrible news wouldn't retreat international students from coming to Taiwan, Taiwanese can still be proud of having the reputation “Island of Tourism.” Not like some Chinese parents would be worried about their children’s safety and start to exclude some countries, Taiwan can still stand on their list. In addition, it also means we the Taiwanese should do our best to maintain this hard-earned status.