Photos: Chinese students get a taste of America
Yuan Mengyao, 15, catches a ball during her visit to a youth camp in Highland, near San Bernardino. She is among roughly 50,000 Chinese youngsters who will jet across the Pacific for summer camp this year. The majority of the students will pass through Southern California, where local hosting agencies -- especially in the San Gabriel Valley -- cater to China’s rising middle class.
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Marissa Collins, 5, left, receives a Chinese lucky charm from Yuan Mengyao during the summer camp in Highland. The two-week programs, which have grown increasingly specialized, are designed to give Chinese youngsters a competitive leg-up back home.
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Manru Wang, Yanwen Wang and Geyao Wei, who are visiting from China for a summer camp, interact with Andre Carrington, 9, at the YMCA in Highland.
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David Ham gives Beijing students attending a summer camp in Highland some dodgeball advice. “This was pure fun,” one student said. “I have never played like this before. In China our parents want us to study all the time.”
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