Prospects for Education Relations in Xi’s New Era*
Education is in the DNA of U.S. – China relations, a DNA strand that has served both countries well during the Qing, Republican and Reform and Opening periods. One is reminded of Yung Wing’s first educational mission to the United States in the 1860s, the Boxer Indemnity Scholarships of the early 20th century, and the American colleges of the Republican period. Today both countries acknowledge the extraordinary contribution educational relations have made to U.S. – China relations. In September of this year, in her key note address to the opening ceremony of the China-U.S. University Presidents and Think Tank...
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