In this report, CCTV America, the U.S. division of China's state-run English news channel, takes a look at our very own University of Iowa.

The video touches on the dramatic rise in its Chinese student population over the last five years, the challenges and successes that have come with that change, and the ways in which Iowa's relationship to the Chinese president has fueled Chinese interest in the university. 

CCTV’s Jim Spellman filed this report and it can be viewed here: http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/09/22/13-of-all-international-students-studying-in-us-from-china

CCTV America is the American division of CCTV News, the English-language news channel run by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television.