US students explore Sichuan in China exchange program

Braumon Cade Creighton was all smiles while holding a plate of three glutinous rice balls made to look like pandas.

The sophomore economics and anthropology major at the University of Chicago in the United States had made the balls himself during a study trip to the Sichuan Cuisine Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, last Tuesday afternoon.

Creighton was one of 44 students from American universities who arrived in Chengdu on July 13 for a four-day visit to the province as part of Peking University's 2024 China Deep Dive program.

The project is part of an initiative to invite 50,000 young people from the US to visit China for exchanges and study programs over the next five years.