Lending a helping hand

Many Nepalese students take the effort in learning Mandarin, and have benefited from the increasingly frequent exchanges between China and Nepal, Yang Feiyue reports.

Kumar Khadka is the center of attention on a tour of some of the ancient Silk Road sites in late August.

His thick curly hair and beard set the 28-year-old from Nepal apart from his peers from countries like Kazakhstan, Laos and Vietnam, as well as members of a think tank from Peking University.