Taipei, April 6 -- More than 6,000 students from Taiwan have taken part in exchange programmes in China over the past two years, despite the "orange light" travel advisory issued by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), according to official data cited in a report by Taipei Times.

Data available from the MAC's public registry indicated that 3,592 and 2,966 Taiwanese college and university students, respectively, participated in cross-strait exchange programmes during the two years. Meanwhile, figures from the National Immigration Agency showed that 2,296 and 2,551 Chinese students travelled to Taiwan for academic purposes over the same timeframe, as reported by Taipei Times.

A review of the websites of state-run universities and colleges ...