Beijing Promotes Political Ideology Through University Programs Geared Toward Belt and Road Countries
Chinese universities are leveraging education programs to promote Beijing’s foreign policy of Belt and Road, as well as Communist Party political ideologies, to students in southeast and central Asia.
The Epoch Times obtained a series of government documents wherein schools detailed their programming for foreign students in applications for central government funding.
The Chinese regime has announced some of these study abroad programs before, but did not provide much detail about the goals and curricula.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as One Belt, One Road, is Beijing’s policy of building infrastructure projects in parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Critics have said the projects place developing countries under massive debt and serve as economic pressure to influence governments into agreeing with Beijing’s agenda.