Island also says it won’t recognise degrees from the institutions because of their links to Beijing’s United Front Work Department.

Taiwan regional authorities' ban on cooperation and exchanges with three mainland universities due to their links with the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has sparked criticism from some Taiwan students studying in these schools,

Taiwan will blacklist two Chinese universities from engaging in student exchange programs with Taiwan over alleged links to the United Front, a Chinese Communist Party department that gathers intelligence on and attempts to influence “elite individuals” from outside China,

Taiwan has barred two Chinese universities from participating in academic exchange programs, citing their direct ties to Beijing's United Front Work Department. Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao disclosed the decision in an exclusive interview with the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times' sister paper) reported.