Between 1954 and 1963, as part of its effort to prevent the spread of Communism in Asia, the United States encouraged overseas Chinese to study in Taiwan and offered each student a stipend of NT $ 20,000 a year.
尤其在民國四十三年到五十二年之間，美國為了反制共黨在亞洲的赤化運動，鼓勵海外華人來台就學。每名學生一年享有兩萬元新台幣的美援。