Somehow I feel it is really a shame that I did not learn anything about international development before coming to the UK for a Master study.
While most people and politicians argue that China continues to reinforce the pressure of the international society, as a result, this is why Taiwan encounter great difficulties to be independent even as a member to join any international events.
Now I am doing a master dissertation in the UK and also seek to understand the current trend and essential issues in the international development field. At the same time, there is another attempt is to figure out any issues or linkages between Taiwan and international development. Unfortunately, I encounter greater difficulties to attain this objective in my dissertation purposes because data access is the first obstacle when I communicate with the central government.
Secondly, a handful of valuable data exists and even issue for the public. It is really a big shame when we sing a song to say 'we are a democracy and a developed country. We do not have good enough transparent public information so that whether development interventions really benefit form the citizens is the big question.
Another issue leads me to feel more shame is that there is not strong motivation to encourage our generations (children) to study in the international development is a strategic failure. Although I do not really ensure how much budget allocate in the international aid each year in the central government of Taiwan. But the fact is that if there is not any talents working in this field, it is very unlikely to expect that there will be one day that Taiwan can have a greater international reputation.
