Mandarin Scholarship Taiwan

Studying Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan

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Studying Mandarin at Shida

Blogger Shu Flies is a Mandarin Scholarship student at the National Taiwan Normal University’s (Shida) Mandarin Training Center. Located in Taipei, Shida is the place were most foreigners end up learning Mandarin.

Shu Flies has written about her experience at Shida:

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Getting a sim card & opening a bank account in Taiwan

For newly arrived Mandarin scholarship students getting a sim card can be a hassle. Opening a bank account can also be difficult. Why? Because you need a Taiwanese ID number to do these things. Most Mandarin scholarship students have to wait four months before they get one.
Actually, I didn’t have a problem opening a bank [...]

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