Chinese Malaysians started going to Taiwan to study in the 1950s, and since Nanyang University of Singapore closed its doors in 1980, about 1,000 more graduates of high schools in Malaysia have come to Taiwan each year.
大概從民國四十幾年開始，馬來西亞便有華裔青年赴台求學。民國六十九年，新加坡的華文南洋大學關閉之後，每年更有約一千名大馬中學畢業生到台灣念書。