China’s flawed schools drive students to U.S.
An examination of some of the factors driving Chinese students to the USA.
“Every publicly funded school is required to have a Communist Party committee, which is charged with helping direct the ideological, political and moral education of students. Such pressures have intensified under President Xi Jinping, who has stressed the need to deepen education in so-called ‘core socialist values.’ China’s education minister last year instructed colleges to resist Western values and more closely scrutinize Western textbooks. ”
One student now studying in the USA says “In China it’s a lot about memorization. There’s not so much creativity there.”