Republican Demands Biden Answer for China-based Firm's Purchase of US Education Platform, and China's Expanding Influence over US Education

Elizabeth Elkind : May 12, 2023
Fox News

[FoxNews.com] A top Republican lawmaker is demanding to know why a Chinese private equity firm was allowed to purchase a US educational website that is routinely used by American service members and students across the country. "I write to you today regarding reports that an entity based in the People's Republic of China, Primavera Capital Group received approval to purchase a tutoring firm that contracts with the US military and K-12 schools throughout the nation. Specifically, Tutor.com is an online educational website run by the Princeton Review which has contracts to provide free tutoring services to active duty and reserve service members, and civilian Defense Department personnel," Main Street Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-OK, wrote in a letter to President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday. "This acquisition is deeply concerning as organizations based in China are routinely forced to share their data with the Chinese government, compromising any data users may believe to be private. Data that Tutor.com possesses would include information on users and tutors and could be exploited by the Chinese Communist Party"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: Pexels)