Editor's note: During his visit to Kazakhstan in September, President Xi Jinping proposed that China and Central Asia join hands to build a Silk Road economic belt to boost cooperation. The idea has been widely echoed in Central Asian countries, becoming an encouraging blueprint for Chinese areas along the Silk Road that has linked Asia and Europe for more than 2,000 years. In the next three weeks, China Daily reporters will travel through the belt. They will show the progress and expectations of the countries, businesses and peoples on the route.
When Zhang Yang went on maternity leave last April, she also signed up for an online learning course.
Vietnamese student Dinh Thi Mytrang, who is studying business English at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, collects information on Chinese furniture manufacturers at trade fairs in Guangdong province for her parents, who sell China-made products in Vietnam.
A psychological support program for college students is expected to expand to all Shanghai universities, to better provide mental care for the group.
The University of Hong Kong's new head has underlined strengthening ties with mainland colleges as key for the globalization of the oldest tertiary education institution in Hong Kong.
What are the most popular subjects among students from the Chinese mainland?
Leader in coal-processing technology looking for foreign cooperative deals
Shanxi University was co-founded in 1902 by British missionary Richard Timothy and then Shanxi governor Cen Chunxuan with the school motto of "Being industrious, strict, honest and creative".
When Magdalena Lowczynska arrived in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, to teach English at a local kindergarten in 2011, she hardly ever went out due to the language barrier and new environment.
Walking through the dense walnut forests in Yuxian, a small county in Shanxi province, it is hard to imagine that the bright green hills used to be barren wasteland left by extensive coal mining.
Online businesses play a major role in employment, but few workers in the sector are signed up for social security, a study showed.
Only one thing is common among today's unusual new career options - their diversity. New occupations are surprising people with their strange job descriptions, such as online porn appraiser or human punch bag. Experts warn that people should be cautious of such careers.
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