Growing exchanges bringing US and China closer
Today, 14,000 US students come to China each year to study, according to US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
That number is set to grow, as 100,000 US students will be awarded opportunities to study in China in the coming four years. And an additional 10,000 credit scholarships are to be provided to US youngsters by the Chinese government over the same period, according to an action plan agreed at the first US-China Social and Cultural Dialogue.
The inaugural bilateral dialogue was co-chaired by Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sept 28 in Washington. It was followed by a public event at George Washington University featuring a "Nextgen Dialogue" panel after speeches by Liu and two of President Donald Trump's cabinet members, DeVos and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.
