LA mayor paves way for students

BEIJING - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vowed on Monday to provide more opportunities for LA-area high school students from underserved communities to study in China.

"This program will create life-changing opportunities for our young people to travel to a new country, learn about a new culture and meet new friends," he said at a news briefing in Beijing.

Most of them have never studied overseas nor even "been in an airplane before".