"Taiwan's real area for growth lies in its ability to train Chinese language instructors in higher education," says Li Kuang-hua, who serves as a cultural secretary in Thailand for Taiwan's Ministry of Education. Taiwan cannot compete with mainland China in terms of manpower. Indeed, China's Office of Teaching Chinese can send 600 teachers from a single province into Thailand.
「高等教育的華語師資，是台灣的發展重點，」我國教育部駐泰國文化秘書李光華指出，對於泰國多如星海的中小學華語師資需求，中國大陸挾著人力優勢，可以透過「對外漢語辦公室」（漢辦）一個省送 600 位老師過去，台灣師資除了因薪水差距而招聘不易外，單就人數也不可能源源不絕輸出師資。