A Virginia public high school ranked among the best in America has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from entities linked to the Chinese state since 2014 as part of an ongoing fundraising c…
Sean Zhang, Ameson’s founder and executive vice chairman, has ties to Beijing’s so-called United Front Work Department, whichworks to “co-opt and neutralize” opposition to the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a prestigious magnet school in Alexandria, Va., received more than $1 million in donations from Chinese entities.The fund also took in at least $250,000 in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 from a premier Chinese institution of higher learning, Tsinghua University, to help found a high school in China based on Thomas Jefferson’s model of teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
“Americans deserve answers as to what information was gleaned by CCP-linked entities through Thomas Jefferson High School — and where else this might be taking place, as many other schools across the country currently receive foreign funding,” Parents Defending Education Executive Director Nicki Neily told The Post Tuesday.
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