Fun Reads About China

It may sound incredible, but China’s formal education system—the oldest in the world—was established nearly two millennia ago.

NYU Shanghai Junior Kiril Bolotnikov discusses the biggest shopping day of the year in China: Singles' Day.

Sophie Anderson, a junior at Gig Harbor High School near Seattle, was initially frustrated when she spent five weeks in Beijing this summer. However, a strong friendship with her language partner helped change her perspective.

Mandarin is one of many dialects of Chinese, and it's important to understand the diversity of dialects across China. NYU Shanghai Junior Kiril Bolotnikov explores the many dialects of China.

This year, Mid-Autumn Festival fell on September 27. To celebrate this holiday, we asked Kiril Bolotnikov, a junior at NYU Shanghai, to report on how international students celebrate this Chinese holiday.

Student leaders can engage and kindle their communities’ interest and curiosity about China.

In the summer of 2014, many students from Asia Society’s Confucius Classrooms Network traveled to China through various study abroad programs.

Strawn Dixon, a senior at Lake Forest High School in Illinois (a member of the Asia Society Confucius Classrooms Network), shares his experience of producing short films of cross-cultural understanding.