{"id":13544,"date":"2012-07-09T04:07:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T04:07:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-09T04:07:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T04:07:50","slug":"US-launches-initiative-to-boost-number-of-American-students-in-China","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13544","title":{"rendered":"US launches initiative to boost number of American students in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The US government has recently launched an initiative to boost the number of American students in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 100,000-strong initiative hopes <strong>to better prepare the next generation of Americans to deal with an increasingly complex US-China relationship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, some practical constraints stand in the way.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was announced by US President Barack Obama in 2009, and launched by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the following year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Given the strategic importance of US-China relations, the plan is to dramatically increase the number of American students studying in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Donations come from the private sector, which are matched with American universities that have existing or plans to start study abroad programmes with China.<\/p>\n<p>With over 14,000 American students currently studying in China, the plan is to increase that to 25,000 every year, and in four years time, to reach 100,000 students. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The American initiative has also been supported by the Chinese government<\/strong>, who had committed 20,000 scholarships for Americans to study in China, whether for short or long-term degree and language programs.<\/p>\n<p>For some American students already in China, many say they would have come even without the initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some ethnic Chinese-Americans have chosen China to find out more about their heritage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now, only 1 per cent of American college students choose to study overseas, and among them, less than 5 per cent choose to come to China, with many preferring European destinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More also needs to be done to increase the diversity of American students in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Source AP<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US government has recently launched an initiative to boost the number of American students in China. 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