African Students on Chinese Scholarships Made to Sing Military Songs, Salute Chinese Regime Flag

African Students on Chinese Scholarships Made to Sing Military Songs, Salute Chinese Regime Flag
Zipporah Bvalani in a Chinese calligraphy class. Courtesy Zipporah Bvalani
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BLANTYRE, Malawi—When your first language isn’t Chinese, you can perhaps expect to have trouble with studying medicine or engineering in China. But some African students who received scholarships to attend Chinese universities discovered that there was something even more troubling in store for them.

Since Malawi established diplomatic relations with China in 2007, various attempts have been made by both sides to strengthen ties. Offering scholarships to Malawian students to study in China has been one such endeavor.