Taiwan's president-elect hopes for student exchanges with China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president-elect says he hopes Chinese students can be admitted to colleges on the island and inspire Taiwanese students to study harder.

Ma Ying-jeou's comment came during a meeting Monday with Lee Kai-fu, the Taiwan-born president of Google's Greater China operations.

Lee says he believes Chinese students study harder than their Taiwanese counterparts.

Ma will be inaugurated in two weeks. He defeated Frank Hsieh of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in March elections on a platform of improving economic and political ties with China.

The two sides split amid civil war in 1949.