A Chinese government program at 83 U.S. colleges is part of an “ongoing effort to influence American students’ perceptions of the communist country,” according to a recent report by a conservative watchdog group.
The Young Envoys Scholarship (YES) is an international exchange initiative launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2024 to bring 50,000 U.S. students to study in or visit China for cultural exchange, according to the Defending Education report.
It is “run by the China Education Association for International Exchange, an organization guided by ‘Marxism-Leninism’ and Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism,” the report states.
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