Studying, Maoist style

During the Mao era, only a tiny proportion of Chinese language students in the West had the opportunity to study in China. Just a few Western students managed to have the real China experience. Before the 1970s, the student route to Mao’s China was largely confined to those who could demonstrate their political friendliness, either by having communist party links in their own country (at least until the Sino-Soviet split of the 1960s) or through friendship associations which often processed scholarships awarded by the Chinese government.

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