Foreign interns expand horizons

Connor Fairman decided to spend the summer in Beijing to conduct his first overseas internship.

The 19-year-old student from the United States said that leaving his comfort zone "has made every day an exhilarating experience".

"I've studied Chinese for three years and wanted to have the opportunity to use it in its native country. After all, why learn it if you're not going to use it?" Fairman wrote in an e-mail to China Daily.