In addition to the three Taiwan Academy established in the United States, the Ministry of Culture has also set up Taiwan Academy contact points in 64 countries as of September 2013.[8] The contact points represent long-term agreements with collaborating educational institutions to assist in the dissemination of information related to the Taiwan Academy and promote programs offered by the academy.[9]
Activities
Taiwan Academy have a budget of $21.1 million per year to fund scholarships for Sinology and Taiwan studies, and will also promote academic exchange with foreigners.[7] Taiwan Academy are involved with screening movies from and distributing the Culture Ministry's "Taiwan Cinema Toolkit", which features subtitled films from Taiwan-origin directors like Ang Lee and Edward Yang.[10][11] Plans for their digital library include a highlight on the island's "non-Chinese" culture.[1]