As for the R.O.C., which has deep ties with both Berkeley and Dr. Tien--he graduated from Kien Kuo senior high school and National Taiwan University before going to the U.S. and Berkeley boasts more members of Academia Sinica than any other university overseas--the Ministry of Education, the Legislative Yuan and the private sector have donated US $ 3 million since his appointment was announced in support of its research on East Asia and other broad academic areas.
而和田長霖及柏克萊淵源深厚的台灣﹘﹘田長霖在台灣念完建國中學、台灣大學才赴美國，柏克萊則是中研院院士最多的美國大學﹘﹘自去年起就由教育部、立法院及民間企業陸續捐出三百萬美元，贊助該校的東亞研究及其他廣泛性的學術研究。