Published: 6:30pm, 31 Jan, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2131400/what-chinese-university-town-wuhan-has-do-theresa-mays-trade
She sold us out to China too …..
May said the close ties between Britain and China were reflected in their relationship on education.
“The agreements we have signed today will build on that and enable more children and more young people than ever to share their ideas about our two great nations,” May said.
“And by teaching children to speak our languages we will ensure that our golden era of cooperation will endure for generations to come.”
In addition to 29 Confucius Institutes – which are funded by Beijing and offer language and cultural classes – Chinese is part of the curriculum at more than 600 primary and high schools in the UK.
The maths teacher programme began in 2014 and has seen four rounds of exchanges involving 70 teachers at a time visiting China and Britain for two weeks.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expanding education links between the United Kingdom and China as part of a mission to secure free-trade deals with Beijing.
May began a three-day China trip in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Wednesday before heading to Beijing, where she will meet Premier Li Keqiang. She will finish her tour in Shanghai.
In a speech at Wuhan University, May touted the idea of more exchanges between young people from China and the UK to ensure the “golden era of cooperation” between the two nations.
She said education exchanges were a key part of relations between the United Kingdom and China.
Visiting foreign leaders do not often stop in Wuhan, but the city in central China is home to more than 120 higher education institutions and more than a million students, making it an important university town. Its Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology are on the list of top 10 universities in China.
Some 160,000 Chinese are studying in Britain meanwhile, and they generate £5 billion (US$7.05 billion) of income for the UK annually.