 The family received a combined value of NT$52 million in 1997, which were alleged by some PFP lawmakers to have been embezzled from the Kuomintang or the Taiwan Research Institute, a think tank founded by the former president.A new gym was added to the school campus on August 8, 2013.The required courses at American School in Taichung are English, Mathematics, Science, History, Physical Education and two years of a Foreign Language (Spanish or Chinese).