Chinese students often turn to education consultants for help in their overseas university applications. Authorities are accusing some of these agencies of inserting anti-China content into the documents to boost applicants’ prospects.
A student from China poses for family photos after graduating from Sydney University on Oct 12, 2017. Western countries are known to be popular picks for Chinese looking to study abroad. SINGAPORE: Education consultants are allegedly inserting anti- China content into the overseas university applications of Chinese students to boost their chances of getting admitted.
In a notice posted on its official WeChat account on Friday , the Ministry of State Security also asserted some agencies are acting as “accomplices of overseas anti-China forces” by making such moves.China is the world’s largest source of overseas students. More than 1.02 million Chinese tertiary students were studying abroad in 2021, according to local news outlet China Daily,
The ministry slammed some agencies for having subpar supervision, leaving room for the “malicious tampering” of application documents. It said lax hiring standards also allow foreign teachers with unverified backgrounds and qualifications to come on board. The ministry concluded by urging overseas students, prospective overseas students and their parents to be vigilant, and be wary of “polishing and processing services” provided by overseas study agencies.
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