China's Party-Linked CEAIE Funds Trips For 27 US High Schools
Xi Jinping invited the program in 2023, and Beijing now waives visa fees to bring 50,000 American students to China.
- CEAIE, led by ex-vice education minister Liu Limin, targets 50,000 US students in five years.
- Muscatine High School, Iowa, sent 24 students and 4 teachers to China free in January 2024.
- CEAIE's charter cites Marxism-Leninism and "Xi Jinping Thought" as its guiding doctrine.
Why it matters: A group sworn to the Party does not fund a classroom for free; the payer sets the purpose.
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