Haley's Ties to China Scrutinized Over Student Exchange Program She Backed as Governor
• South Carolina partnered with a group led by the Chinese communist government while Nikki Haley was governor to send students to a Beijing summer camp
• The partner group, Beijing International Education Exchange, is under the leadership of the Communist Party's Beijing Municipal Education Commission
• 20 South Carolina students ages 14-18 attended the fully sponsored 2015 summer camp trip to Beijing
• Haley’s past relationship with China has drawn criticism from Republican opponents like Gov. Ron DeSantis
• Haley has defended her record, with her campaign calling the attacks hypocritical lies from candidates threatened by her frontrunner status