Sunday, 06 December 2020 _The US State Department has announced its termination of five cultural exchange programs with China, referring to them as “soft power propaganda tools.” said on Friday it has ended five cultural exchange programs with China, calling them
The Department declared on its official website on Friday that it had “terminated” the Policymakers Educational China Trip Program, the US-China Friendship Program, the US-China Leadership Exchange Program, the US-China Transpacific Exchange Program and the Hong Kong Educational and Cultural Program.
It further explained that the programs had been set up under the auspices of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) - a 1961 law signed by President John F. Kennedy, purportedly aimed at advancing academic and cultural exchanges with foreign nations.
“While other programs funded under the auspices of the MECEA are mutually beneficial, the five programs in question are fully funded and operated by the (Chinese) government as soft power propaganda tools,” the statement then claimed.
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