‼️ About 70 Duke University students signed up for a free trip to China in 2024. Even the university was surprised by what happened when they got there ‼️

When Jacqueline Cole heard about a free trip to China including the Duke Kunshan University — with all costs covered by the Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Office — in the summer of 2024 before her senior year at Duke University, it sounded too good to pass up.

But Cole, a Chinese minor, got her first clue that it wasn’t just a sightseeing opportunity in an email full of disclaimers that arrived at 5:36am as she was sitting on her gate in LaGuardia Airport.

The notice alerted students that professional photographers and videographers from 🇨🇳 Duke Kunshan University and Jiangsu media would join portions of the trip. She and other students were soon hounded by 🇨🇳 TV crews.

“I came to feel that the trip had two purposes: Yes, we were there to explore a mammoth country with a culture and government unlike the United States. But it also felt like we were helping promote the Chinese government.”

“There was a whole reality show’s amount of cameras.”

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