Students swap tales of life and learning

More than 100 students from the East Coast of the US who have studied in China got together in Manhattan recently to share their experiences.

For most US and other international students, China proved different from what the textbooks and media led them to expect.

"Being from the US, I had lots of stereotypes in my mind because you hear many different things from the news and other people," said Damien Hobday, a graduate of CUNY Brooklyn College who went to China two years ago.