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Zhai Zheng, an associate professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), came to the United States about 16 years ago through the Fulbright Program to teach Chinese language and culture at a university in Montana. He visited more than 20 states in the US over a month s time before returning to China. This experience was filled with so many pleasant memories that when I returned to China, I created and offered a course on American culture and society where I shared my understanding of the United States with hundreds of students at Beiwai (BFSU), Zhai told an audience at a virtual discussion hosted by the Carter Center and the Intellisia Institute in Atlanta on Wednesday.
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A Lao New Year parade is held in Luang Prabang, Laos, in April 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Both countries to benefit from multibillion-dollar project
Modern railways benefit a country s economy in many different ways. To name a few, they make it easier for bulky goods to be transported over long distances, reduce travel time between villages and cities and provide varying degrees of comfort for travelers.
For Benny Kong, 33, a hotel owner and co-founder of a tour company in Laos, a new rail line is poised to bring more domestic and international tourists to the country.
Kong, a Singaporean who lives in Laos, set up the MyLaoHome boutique hotel 14 years ago after a backpacking trip to Laos, during which he discovered there was demand for hotels in Luang Prabang, a former Laotian capital and a World Heritage Site listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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Many people from overseas have made a contribution to China s development over the years. As China celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, China Daily looks at the lives and contributions of these friends from afar, who ve not only witnessed, but also participated in, the country s transformation over the years.
American Mark Levine wears many hats in China－educator, author, volunteer, musician, sociologist, cross-cultural communicator, winner of the Chinese government s Friendship Award, and, most noticeably, wide-brimmed.
The bushy-bearded 73-year-old is perhaps best known among the Chinese public for writing American country music-style songs about China that he performs in full cowboy regalia. He often sings and plays his guitar to the accompaniment of the erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle) played by his friend, Fu Han, in their musical duo, In Side Out.