Tour offers students a taste of traditional Chinese culture

Kpako Valentin, a judge from Benin in Africa, has just returned home from China where he learned about embroidery, textile printing, fan painting and witnessed a tea ceremony.

"I experienced things I only read about in books earlier. But now I have a clearer picture of what the country is about," he says before leaving for home.

Valentin, who is registered as a student at the China Cultural Center in Benin, was part of the 2018 China Culture Center Students Award Tour, which comprised 48 students from Chinese cultural centers in 18 countries including Tanzania, Nigeria, Egypt and Mauritius.