April 10, 2018

A Visit to a Chinese Opera Performance

I was pleasantly surprised when I heard we were being given the opportunity to go and see a Liuzi opera Jingchan ji on March 11.Although I had seen brief clips of Chinese opera before, I had never seen a complete Chinese opera performance. This particular opera (as it was a Liuzi opera) was in fact a traditional local opera, which in my eyes made it even more interesting because of its links to...

January 5, 2018

Muhammad Shahbaz: Participate in the Summit of the Global Health Leaders

I participated in the Summit of the Global Health Leaders in Hong Kong in December, 2017. It was an amazing experience for me to attend the Summit as the youngest speaker.The inaugural Summit of the Global Health Leaders was held in Hong Kong under the flagship event of the130th anniversary celebrations of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. Participants from all around the ...

December 11, 2017

Taichi: A Dream Come True

Dawood Ferdous (right) practices Taichi (or taijiquan), a Chinese martial artAs a student from Bangladesh who is studying for his master's degree at Shangdong University, I have been a witness of sorts to Chinese culture, and as such am really interested to learn the Chinese language and more about the country. I have especially noticed people here are so hard-working and civilized. My journey ...

December 1, 2017

A Memorable Experience in Beijing: Visiting Great Hall of People

On November 16 and 17, the China Scholarship Council CSC arranged a two-day series of activities for the excellent overseas holders of CSC scholarship studying in Chinese universities all around China. 108 excellent international students from the Belt and Road countries selected from 20 universities in 8 different provinces participated in this event.The theme of the event was "Experiencing Ch...

November 13, 2017

Effat Un Nesa: The Life of an Oncologist in China

Dr. Effat Un Nesa (Left) poses with her husband and sonThe life of an oncologist is special among doctors of other specialties, and being a female doctor makes this more unique. The treatment of the patient diagnosed with cancer is quite challenging. After my MBBS (bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery) from Bangladesh, I chose to come to China for specialization. The choice of specialty...

November 3, 2017

Zahid Javid: Serendipity in China

What could be better than traveling to a foreign country to learn about its ideology, history and culture? I believe that studying abroad is a good opportunity every student should take to avoid ethnocentrism, to broaden one's horizons and to appreciate everything the world has to offer. I have dreamed about studying abroad since childhood. Luckily, I realized that dream in this unimaginably wo...

October 31, 2017

Arun Upadhyaya: My Encounter with Belt and Road

I was born in Sarlahi District in Nepal. I studied Business Studies and Political Science for my bachelor and MA course respectively. I am doing Ph.D. in International Politics at Shandong University. My research focuses on China's multilateral diplomacy, One Belt, One Road and South Asia.I came to China on September 2016. China is a land of my dream. My generation has grown up listening to the...

October 24, 2017

Students' International Communication Association (SICA)