Chinese teacher Weng Qin opens a heavy iron gate outside her dormitory at 7 am and goes downstairs to work. The Fujian native has lived in Manila's Paco Citizen Academy (PCA) for nearly two years, since she volunteered to work in the Philippines.
Nearly 4,000 Chinese volunteers have been sent abroad to teach Mandarin over the past four years, according to Hanban, the office of Chinese Language Council International.
CHENGDU: At the end of a single access path just one meter wide with a dizzying drop on one side lies a forgotten world - a settlement for some of China's leprosy sufferers, established in 1963.
Quan Li, the 46-year-old Beijing native who is known as "the woman trying to save Chinese tigers," says her life is defined by two love stories, both of which are a mix of sweetness and agony.
China Daily (CD): What are some of the challenges of the project? Did you have to change or adapt the original vision behind the building?
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