Taipei, April 10 -- Chiu Chui-cheng, the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, advised Taiwanese academicians and students to exercise caution before travelling to China, following criticism of a National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) professor for organizing a trip to China under the guise of an "academic exchange," as reported by Taipei Times.

Jou Jwo-huei, a materials science professor at NTHU, took a group of 28 students from both NTHU and Shu Guang Senior Girls' High School in Hsinchu City on a five-day trip to Tianjin, China. According to a post by someone online using the name "Little Woman of Silicon Valley," the trip was promoted as an academic exchange focused on "light and health."

The person who posted online shared that a...