● Our reporter Tang According to
With the arrival of the Spring Festival in China, the University of Warwick, where journalists are studying in the UK, has recently set off a mild "China fever". There are various Spring Festival parties on campus, and exhibitions and lectures on China are held one after another. An "China Art History Exhibition" organized by China Students' Union is not large in scale, but there are endless visitors. Many foreign students, while enjoying the long history and culture of taste of china, do not forget to buy some exquisite Chinese paper-cuts as a souvenir.
On the streets of Coventry, the town where Warwick University is located, journalists can also feel some festive atmosphere. Many restaurants in China have posted Spring Festival couplets, hung lanterns and held Spring Festival banquets, and their business is booming. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Coventry and the Hualian Association of Huawei County will hold a large-scale China New Year celebration in the center of Coventry for the first time, including dragon and lion dances, Tai Chi and acrobatic performances. The local government regards it as a good opportunity to promote tourism and gives strong support. Yesterday afternoon, when the reporter interviewed the Hualian Association, Ms. Xie Huyanzhen, the development director of the Hualian Association, told the reporter happily that in recent years, the British people have become more and more interested in China culture.
In fact, this "China fever" has penetrated into all aspects of British society. As a journalist, the first thing the journalist noticed after coming to Britain was the high attention paid by the British media to China. Mainstream media such as The Times, The Guardian and The Independent often report on China. Not long ago, a reporter attended a press conference in London. An old editor of the Daily Mail told reporters that China's development momentum is so good that British political circles, industry and even many ordinary people are very concerned. Of course, the media can't turn a blind eye.
Economic and trade exchanges are the main driving force of international exchanges. Wendy, who works in Coventry and Warwickshire Chambers of Commerce, told reporters that in recent years, economic and trade exchanges between Britain and China have become increasingly frequent. In the British market, "Made in China" products can be seen everywhere, and there is a tendency to extend from traditional products such as clothing, furniture and food to high value-added products such as electronics and communications. The reporter's landlord John's home, from electrical appliances, sofas to kitchen supplies, is made in China. He often praises China products for their high quality and low price.
Perhaps British universities are the most enthusiastic about China. Due to the high cost, there are not many China students studying in the UK in the past few years. Now, it would be strange if there were no China students in any universities in Britain. However, some British teachers suggest that British universities are also mixed. Some universities that are short of money deliberately lower the threshold, and the quality of teaching cannot be guaranteed. He advised China students to study abroad cautiously. (British Coventry newspaper, February 1 day)
Myanmar "I am an international volunteer"
● Our reporter Xiao Yi
The international young volunteers in Shenzhen have a good reputation. Just one month before the Spring Festival in the Year of the Sheep, Xiao He, an international young volunteer, left Shenzhen and arrived in Myanmar. Before that, she worked in a public institution in Shenzhen. Xiao He's trip shoulders the heavy responsibility of promoting cultural exchanges between China and Myanmar, specifically teaching. After arriving in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, at the end of last year, Xiao He was later assigned to the Foreign Languages University in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, mainly engaged in Chinese grammar teaching, short story reading and teacher training.
According to her, the fact that almost everyone can surf the Internet easily in Shenzhen has become very difficult in Mandalay. Besides the underdeveloped network communication, I have to run around and send an email or something. If you want to contact relatives in Shenzhen, you have to dial for a long time and often get disconnected. It's true. When the reporter contacted Xiao Shi, he called Mandalay several times. After two calls, he was mostly silent. Xiao He said that all these can be handled, and the biggest fear at ordinary times is the total power outage. Once the power goes out, many things can't be done. "But it's much better now. After a month of exercise, I have been able to adapt to the local environment and work with peace of mind. "
Speaking of the Spring Festival, Xiao He is full of thoughts: "I am an international volunteer and really miss the atmosphere of the New Year in Shenzhen. Fortunately, there are several volunteers in Mandalay, and the local Chinese are also very enthusiastic. We eat together, watch parties and watch local folk performances, and the fun is harmonious. "
America remembers the Spring Festival in its hometown best.
● Our reporter Xiao Yi
Lily worked in Shenzhen Science Park earlier, and the reporter met her several years ago. In 200 1 year, after her husband graduated with a doctor's degree, she found a good job in a famous big company in the United States, and Lily followed her to the United States that year. According to lily, they live and work in the United States temporarily, just considering that they can learn and master some latest technologies abroad, which will be more useful after going back and forth to Shenzhen.
Through Qian Shan, the reporter can still feel Lily's deep yearning for the Chinese New Year atmosphere in her hometown. "My husband and I live in New Jersey now, but my household registration file has been in Shenzhen. I am still from Shenzhen. " Lily's Spring Festival greetings to her hometown media are particularly cordial. After all, she has spent more than 20 Spring Festival in China. In a foreign land, every holiday, she and her husband will inevitably feel lonely from time to time. Lily said, "The most unaccustomed thing to spend the Spring Festival here is being cold and cheerless. If you don't live in a big city or go to school, you can hardly see many China people at ordinary times, and most of them are just nodding acquaintances with foreign neighbors. In fact, even China people who have lived here for many years are from China. After all, huge cultural differences are not easy to cross. During the Spring Festival, if it is not a weekend, neither the company nor the school will have a holiday, but many people in China will still have a half-day holiday on New Year's Eve or something. Friends who are familiar with China will get together for a party. Every family will bring one or two special dishes, and the host will not be too busy. Everyone will chat, play cards and sing karaoke.
"Spring Festival party? There is also a China TV station, which rents a channel with Japan and South Korea, and only shows in the evening. On New Year's Eve (American time), there will be a program of the Spring Festival Evening, and many of us who are floating outside in China will record it. "
Lily, who was still busy in class the day before New Year's Eve, said that she is studying at school now, mainly to learn something useful and interesting to her, hoping to make full use of the advantages of developed information in the United States to learn more and return to Shenzhen as soon as possible.
The National Conditions of China in China Street, Japan
● Our reporter Feng Qing
Yesterday, the reporter contacted Mr. Xiong, who works in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Xiong's company is in the science park. Since the year before last, he has been sent to Japan by the company to explore overseas markets.
Mr. Xiong said that just like Shenzhen people visiting the flower market and the new year market during the Spring Festival, most Chinese people in Japan will gather in one street during the Spring Festival. This street, which is full of China culture and charm, is Zhonghua Street in Yokohama, which has a long-standing reputation overseas, and has now become one of the largest overseas Chinese gathering places in the world.
It only takes more than 10 minutes to drive from Shinagawa to Yokohama. Yesterday morning, Mr. Xiong and a colleague took a bus to the lively Zhonghua Street, where the Chinese community had danced a lion dance. The streets are crowded with tourists, and all kinds of traditional China foods, handicrafts and costumes are dazzling and full of the atmosphere of the Spring Festival. Many people in China put on Tang costumes, and couplets and lanterns have become children's favorites. Some Japanese also visit Zhonghua Street with their families. On February 7th, there will be a grand national costume parade and a large lantern festival, and every street will be decorated with lanterns to pray for health and happiness for people visiting Zhonghua Street.
Every New Year, Chinese in Japan also have the custom of burning incense in Guandi Temple, in order to make the new year safe, prosperous and successful in school. Mr. Xiong told reporters that he also went to burn incense and pray for relatives and friends in China.
Thailand's homemade food welcomes the Year of the Sheep.
● Our reporter Ye Xiaobin
On the afternoon of New Year's Day, the reporter and Wang Xiang, the sales manager of Huawei's Thailand subsidiary, will learn about a group of young Huawei people spending the Spring Festival in Thailand by phone.
Thailand, a smiling country, is very hot all year round. In the past month, people have sorted out new year's goods and cleaned houses, and every household has decorated with lanterns and colored lanterns. The atmosphere of the new year overflows from everyone's heart to his face, and the air is full of holiday information. Before the Spring Festival in China, it is usually the busiest time for subsidiaries. With the change of customer's fiscal year, the whole company is busy with annual summary, budget and project bidding.
On New Year's Eve, the company held a party to welcome the Spring Festival. Because the proportion of Thai employees in the company is slightly higher than that of China employees, the evening party on this day was interspersed with Chinese, Thai and English, which was full of internationalization. Thai employees say "Congratulations on getting rich and getting a red envelope" in crude Chinese, and China employees also respond with "SAVADIBIMAIKA (Thai: Happy New Year)", which really means "Chinese and Thai family".
On New Year's Eve, the subsidiary gave everyone a half-day holiday, and dozens of China employees have automatically formed large and small groups. After lunch break, they went to different supermarkets in Bangkok to prepare New Year's Eve dinner. Young comrades have little experience in housework, but they are enthusiastic. Seven people from three families work in three kitchens at the same time. An hour later, ten dishes and one soup have been put on the table. Regardless of the taste, the festive atmosphere is enough. With a lot of money, there is a long list of everyone's blessings, "Three sheep open Thailand and make a lot of money …", and this is the New Year's Eve.
CCTV's Spring Festival Gala is still an example program. Examples that can't be forgotten include calling relatives and friends who are far away from home to pay New Year greetings. This is a critical moment for testing telecommunication equipment. It takes great patience to make international calls, and completing a New Year greeting is a double challenge to sound and hearing. It's late at night, but there is the next program, and energetic young comrades are heading for karaoke again. ...