Top US high school collaborated with Chinese state military-affiliated institution

EXCLUSIVE — THe top public school in the United States Groups linked to China’s military received thousands of dollars.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, part of Fairfax County It is possible to enroll in public schools. consistently ranked The top national high school. However, this element of its ties to Beijing has been largely unknown — until now.

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In 2014, the prestigious school partnered up with Tsinghua University High School, (TUHS), to help China adopt TJHSST’s science, technology and engineering (STEM). Tsinghua University considers TUHS to be a Chinese military school.

As part of the agreement, Tsinghua University’s Thomas Jefferson Partnership Fund (TJPF), received hundreds of thousand dollars for its Thomas Jefferson Partnership Fund. TJPF was also awarded hundreds of thousands from Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation. The Chinese company Shirble received money as part of the agreement. Both were run by men connected to China’s United Front Work Department. TJPF exists Support the Virginia school and the fund board of directors includes TJ’s principal, assistant Principal, faculty representatives, as well the head of TJs parent-teacher association.

Parents Defending Education, a non-profit grassroots organization helped unearth TJHSST was funded by China. Virginia School did not reply to our request for comment. TJPF said TJHS was established in November 2014. “will be partnering with” TUHS, the announced fund “Tsinghua University made a $300,000 donation.” This university was nicknamed a “Jefferson Founding Partner.”

However, TUHS’s troubling links are well-known. The Pentagon assessed In 2020, there were “Military-Civil Fusion linkages” Tsinghua University. “People’s Liberation Army-affiliated labs.” This report was prepared in 2022 for the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. noted PLA Air Force “established the ‘Dual-Enrollment Program’ with Tsinghua University.”

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is also available. found Tsinghua University “jointly supervised” By the “State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense.”

“We already knew the Chinese Communist Party infiltrated America’s colleges and universities through ‘Confucius Institute’ programs,” The Washington Examiner was told by Nicki Neily (PDE’s founder and president). “However, it is frightening to discover the same problem occurring in K-12 schools.”

TUHS says It is “attached” Tsinghua University is “directly under the Ministry of Education.” TUHS principal noted This school is “under the guidance” CCP and TUHS leaders also include CCP officials. The advisory board for TUHS International is also available. includes Mao Daqing, a part of “United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee.”

Ameson was also named The following are some of the “Jefferson Founding Partners & International Partners” For a donation exceeding $250,000 in 2015 and for an amount equal to or greater than that in 2016, similar donation. Its “honorary chairman” Boutros Boutros Boutros Ghali was the former U.N. Secretary General. tax records show It “founder and chairman” Sean Wuhua Zhang. Zhang is listed You can also use it as an a “deputy director of the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Overseas Chinese Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Political Consultative Conference” “vice chairman of the Jiangsu Overseas Friendship Association.”

USCC said In 2018, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was “under the leadership of the CCP” Is it? “the highest-ranking entity overseeing the United Front system.”

Ambright Education Group, a Chinese government-linked group, helped to establish the “Thomas Schools of China” — modeled off of TJHSST. Zhang also appears in Ambright “dean.” Ambright claimed that “Thomas Schools of China” It was achieved through “collaboration” TJHSST and the 2019 flyer for its recruitment said that it was “establishing Thomas Schools of China” In Shanghai, Hefei and Jinan by incorporating “advanced school operations” TJHSST.

Thomas Schools emphasize They are “modeled after the curriculum” TJHSST, and the goal to “support the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” Former Chinese officials are part of the steering committee.

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Shirble was a Chinese departmental store that appeared to be purely a Chinese one. chairman Yang Xiangbo, a “member” Multiple sessions “National Committee” United Front “Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.” Shirble, according to the TJ fund donated At least $500,000 for fiscal 2018. Yang Xiangbo’s message on the Shirble website CCP officials were mentioned “visited Shirble Department Store in person to guide the work and put forward ardent expectations for Shirble.”

Other Fund TJ donors Lockheed Martin, Northup Grumman and NASA were included.

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