Anti-China content being inserted into Chinese students’ overseas university applications, warns spy agency - CNA

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Aurenkin , 4 hours ago

I might have missed it but after reading the article I have no idea what they are talking about by “anti China content”. Seems pretty central to the concerns but it’s difficult to assess without any indication about what it means.

TechLich , 4 hours ago

It does sound very strange. What kind of anti-China content would ever help a student’s application process? Most of the application documents are about things like English language competency, visa requirements and prior qualifications, not political opinions.

miseducator , 3 hours ago

Topics too hot for the public! I reckon it’s probably more overreaction by the CCP. They are certainly a dramatic bunch.

wurzelgummidge , 2 hours ago

It is saying that the intermediary who compiled the student’s application added content that the student didn’t sumbit:

The person in charge, “Xiao Rui”, told Zhang that a certain country’s tertiary institution had opened a “green channel” for Chinese students who intend to study abroad.

“Xiao Rui” claimed that the application documents needed to be “properly polished” to increase the chances of admission. Instead, the documents ended up being “implanted” with large amounts of false content containing anti-China prejudice and reactionary political speeches, said the ministry.

“Without his knowledge, Zhang went from a student with a simple resume to an anti-China ‘vanguard’ - a victim of this overseas study agency’s illegal behaviour,” the ministry noted.

Aurenkin , 2 hours ago

Sure but that in itself doesn’t seem to be the central concern. The central concern seems to be the anti-china nature of the material, which we have no idea about from the article.

Adding content not directly submitted by the student could cover a whole range of things like crafting a resume on their behalf and adding it, writing a cover letter for the student, re-phrasing a paragraph as part of proof reading or anything else. Fairly mundane stuff, really.