Special Supplement: Building multiculturalism at Canadian Int'l School of Beijing

Six-year-old Sabiha Hakimi is lucky. Compared with children in her home country Afghanistan, whose access to schooling has been severely affected by the prolonged war and state of unrest, Hakimi is receiving an education, and a very good one at that.

Hakimi came to China with her diplomat parents and was enrolled at the Canadian International School of Beijing (CIS) six months back. When asked about her feelings regarding her school, the little girl simply said: "I like it."

Hakimi said she likes the school because the people are nice and she has many friends on campus with whom she enjoys playing sports, especially rope skipping and table tennis.