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08:16, 20-Aug-2017
More Chinese students attend summer camps in US
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Growing numbers of Chinese students are spending their summer vacations in the United States. The trend has spawned a mini industry to cater to families, who want their children to have a taste of American life.
But there’s also pressure on the students, as CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.
An evening at the lake watching water sports over hotdogs and a little Michael Jackson, it doesn’t get much more American.
Some students from east China's Jiangsu Province are spending part of their summer in rural Wisconsin to improve their English and sample US life. This kind of discovery doesn’t come cheap.
The families of the students have paid up to 6,000 US dollars for what’s called a full immersion experience that will take them from rural Wisconsin to the big cities - New York and Chicago.
Many are aiming to join the 300,000 or so Chinese students enrolled in US universities.
This program in Wausau helped propel four students toward US degrees, and there’s pressure to follow in their footsteps because it includes passing necessary exams – such as learning English.
CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo interviewed Xia Peng, co-founder of the Zhuomo Cultural Media Company on Chinese students’ vacation habits.
