Overseas Chinese Students Searching for Cultural Links in GZ
The 10th China Synergy program for Outstanding Youth yesterday (July 8th) embarked on a visit to Guangzhou, their first stop in Chinese mainland. Our reporter Fang Yan reports:
Lion dancing, Cantonese cuisine, academic lectures and a visit to the Asian Games town, all this was a lot to take in for their first day in China. In Shawan, in Guangzhou's Panyu district, the group of 200 overseas Chinese students from 16 countries and regions were delighted by a lion dancing performance. To experience Chinese culture and explore their cultural roots are two major goals for these overseas Chinese students. Chan Eunice Shuning from Princeton University expressed that she hopes to understand the cultural diversity inside China
"To me, China is all the same. I want to understand the difference between different parts of the country, for example, how I can differentiate Cantonese from Shanghainese.
The delegation will leave Guangzhou for the city of Xi' An this afternoon. "


More foreigners visit China in first half of 2010
According to a statement from the Ministry of Public Security, the last six months have seen more foreign visitors entering China. The ministry has recorded over 12.55 million foreign visitors to China in the first half of this year, up 23% from the same period of last year. People from the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan, the United States and Russia made up the bulk of visitors.

                                                     photo from Baidu


GD Still Under the Grip of Heat Wave Over the Weekend
The weather in Guangdong will remain very hot over the weekend although the  Guangdong Metrological office predicts that today (July 9th) and tomorrow (July 10th) showers and thunderstorms are expected in parts of the province.