If you speak to Benjamin K. Hammer on the phone, you would think you were talking to a person who had lived in a Chinese-language environment since childhood, as he uses Mandarin's four tones correctly.
Meas Bona started to teach himself Chinese in Cambodia when he was a boy. At that time, Chinese kung fu movies motivated him.
More Chinese students are obtaining master's degrees at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, and the institution is working to further strengthen its links with China.
Editor's note: The School of English and International Studies of the Beijing Foreign Studies University celebrated its 70th anniversary on Sept 20. Over the years, the school has become the cradle of talent with English skills, as Luo Wangshu reports.
Famous professors from Beijing Foreign Studies University's School of English and International Studies
Legal professionals usually gain from practice, but Elizabeth Karanja, an attorney from Kenya, has gained practical experience through university training.
Although the demand for qualified interpreters is large and urgent, Wu Qing insists upon running the translation and interpretation department of the School of English and International Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University in a steady, methodical way.
Most college students count their campus life by the number of years completed, but Guan Siyuan records his through the number of English cultural festivals staged.
Editor's note: Ocean University of China, located in Qingdao, Shandong province, stands out for its pioneering teaching and research on ocean and marine subjects. China Daily reporters Zhang Yue and Xie Chuanjiao take a closer look at the university's recent efforts to engage with other institutions in the international arena as it prepares for its 90th anniversary in October.
The polar oceanography lab at Ocean University of China has been a lonely place this summer.
Educating talented, passionate people is the key to saving Earth's oceans.
"I believe ocean-related humanities subjects need to be independent of traditional humanities subjects, to educate students more professionally. For example, international maritime law should become an independent subject instead of being linked with international law. Most ocean and marine universities have not achieved this."
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