Program hosts 120 young Sinologists this year

Ana Jovanovic learned about China from books she read in high school in the 1990s in Serbia. During one summer break back then, she found the novel Imperial Woman by the celebrated late author Pearl S. Buck.

Jovanovic was fascinated by the novel on China's last empress, Cixi, for its depiction of the ancient country.

After reading the book, Jovanovic looked for other works about China and later chose Chinese as her major subject in college.