Growing up poor can force young people to mature fast and become independent very quickly.
MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay's Confucius Institute has seen demand expand so quickly that, according to the rector of the University of the Republic, or Udelar, more teachers are urgently needed just three months after it opened its doors.
A recent survey found that the subject matter of books about Chinese culture in the overseas market falls largely within the realm of traditional, rather than contemporary, culture - a trend that may not be presenting an accurate reflection of modern-day China.
With China and Japan signing a treaty on film coproduction earlier this year, the two countries - now the world's second-and third-largest movie markets, respectively - have seen a rise in cinematic exchanges.
Medical experts taking part in a volunteer program in remote Northwest China are working with the local government and doctors to treat patients with congenital heart problems, an illness that continues to afflict many children and their families in the region.
A shortage of medical professionals is one of the key problems that is holding back the development of healthcare in Zhugqu county, Gannan Tibet autonomous prefecture, in Northwest China's Gansu province.
Not every college intern has the good fortune to bypass a mundane clerical job to make a former imperial palace their "office".
One week after their training at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, young musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of China showcased their skills at the Yale Center on July 23.
Twelve theater groups from the five BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are staging 12 original shows (36 performances) in Beijing until Aug 20, as part of an ongoing children's theater festival.
Sorrow and magic overlapped at Camp Shine, as the father of a slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas student joined teens who survived the school shooting and used spray paint to fill a blank wall with messages of love, hope and peace.
In 2006, Liu Tong, who was then studying in Germany, saw a man on a bus make a paper rose and hand it to a stranger. And this marked the start of the then 21-year-old Chinese student's interest in origami.
My daughter suggested I write a column about hydration. Great idea, since a road trip through drought-stricken New Mexico and Arizona was on the horizon. No worries. We remembered to pack plenty of bottled water in the ice chest.
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