Getting Into Chinese Universities Through the Back Door
Chinese students who want to study in top Chinese universities but who do not wish to sit for the entrance examinations can now pay their way through.
Payment can be made not to the schools in question, but to agents who can help them "purchase" foreign passports.
According to a recent article in China's Legal Daily (法制日报), a foreign passport is indeed a passport in gaining entry into some of the country's top universities.
Under the Department of Education's regulations, genuine foreign students who wished to attend Chinese universities need not sit for the nationwide university entrance examinations. While some may have to sit for examinations offered by their respective universities, others may not even need to do so.
Agents securing foreign passports for Chinese students usually obtain them from "smaller Southeast Asian nations" or "smaller countries that are not strict in passport management."
The passport costs US$30,000, or US$50,000 if it is "urgently needed."
The report noted that when admitting foreign students, virtually all top Chinese universities do not look beyond the passport. Only Renmin University (人民大学) stipulated that students need to have lived abroad for at least five years.
As for China's Political and Legal University (中国政法大学), the only examination that incoming foreign students have to sit for is a Chinese language competence test. And this is hardly a problem for Chinese students.
The report also cited an example of a student who is the only son of coalmine owners. He had always fared poorly in school. Hence his parents decided to secure a foreign passport for him so that he can enter a good Chinese university. Through the help of an agent in Shenzhen (深圳), the boy managed to obtain a passport from Nicaragua, and successfully entered an unnamed university.
The report also added that the identities of these fake foreign students sometimes get exposed in the course of their college education. But given the "protection" from the school authorities, most of them usually graduate successfully.
Analysts noted that the "protection" is due to the simple fact that foreign students pay higher school fees and other miscellaneous fees. So even though schools are not totally oblivious to the existence of these fake foreign students, "they would rather open an eye and close an eye."
Payment can be made not to the schools in question, but to agents who can help them "purchase" foreign passports.
According to a recent article in China's Legal Daily (法制日报), a foreign passport is indeed a passport in gaining entry into some of the country's top universities.
Under the Department of Education's regulations, genuine foreign students who wished to attend Chinese universities need not sit for the nationwide university entrance examinations. While some may have to sit for examinations offered by their respective universities, others may not even need to do so.
Agents securing foreign passports for Chinese students usually obtain them from "smaller Southeast Asian nations" or "smaller countries that are not strict in passport management."
The passport costs US$30,000, or US$50,000 if it is "urgently needed."
The report noted that when admitting foreign students, virtually all top Chinese universities do not look beyond the passport. Only Renmin University (人民大学) stipulated that students need to have lived abroad for at least five years.
As for China's Political and Legal University (中国政法大学), the only examination that incoming foreign students have to sit for is a Chinese language competence test. And this is hardly a problem for Chinese students.
The report also cited an example of a student who is the only son of coalmine owners. He had always fared poorly in school. Hence his parents decided to secure a foreign passport for him so that he can enter a good Chinese university. Through the help of an agent in Shenzhen (深圳), the boy managed to obtain a passport from Nicaragua, and successfully entered an unnamed university.
The report also added that the identities of these fake foreign students sometimes get exposed in the course of their college education. But given the "protection" from the school authorities, most of them usually graduate successfully.
Analysts noted that the "protection" is due to the simple fact that foreign students pay higher school fees and other miscellaneous fees. So even though schools are not totally oblivious to the existence of these fake foreign students, "they would rather open an eye and close an eye."
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