CCTV.com – Shi Wenjing
“International talent has been THE buzzword in education for years. Cross-cultural communication and language skills, as well as the ability to adapt to different cultural settings have become the must-haves for top college graduates. The demand for Sino-foreign universities has increased as China opens up further to the rest of the world…19-year-old Haider is from Pakistan and is a sophomore student at NYU-Shanghai. He has just come back from a service trip from a remote county in China’s Guizhou Province, and is sharing stories of his unique experience with his team. The group built a playground for a local primary school…On the other side of the campus, Chinese student Yao Xiaoyun is experiencing her first class of interactive media arts…Yao said, “Living in this cross-cultural learning environment, I got the chance to learn how to respect the differences – between different cultures. And I also learned how to think independently in such a diverse environment.”…Xu Qiwei is in his last year at school. He is majoring in mechanical engineering…”I think our four years here has provided us with an international foundation that is needed in today’s world.””(more)