I Want to Be

"I never realized that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is so close to our lives. TCM is truly amazing! When I grow up, I want to be like these volunteer brothers and sisters and learn about TCM!" Recently, at a "TCM Culture in School" event organized by the Qihuang Musculoskeletal Propaganda Team from Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's College of Traumatology, Xia Chenxuan, a student from Grade 6 Class 1 of the Gui'an Affiliated Primary School of Guizhou Normal University, said this while holding a TCM-themed sachet he had made.It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the Qihuang Musculoskeletal Propaganda Team, part of the national college students' TCM propaganda group, has leveraged its expertise in TCM traumatology and orthopedics. They have visited institutions such as Guizhou Normal University, Huaxi District Tsinghua Middle School, Gui'an Affiliated Primary School of Guizhou Normal University, Dangwu Ethnic Minority Primary School, and Tongmuling Happy Community. Using activities such as making TCM sachets and experiencing the four diagnostic methods, they have conducted 14 TCM propaganda events, attracting thousands of people to TCM culture.For primary and secondary school students learning about TCM, it starts with discovering TCM around them and making a TCM sachet.…

"The People's Republic of China is the place I want to be..." Mark Levine, an American professor at Minzu University of China, has been a teacher in China for 19 years. Through his travels, he has covered thousands of miles across the country. He has not only gained precious bonds with students and colleagues but also witnessed the progress of Chinese modernization through the implementation of major reform and opening-up measures. Diversity spurs interaction among civilizations, which in turn promotes mutual learning and their further development. In 2014, Levine received the Chinese Government Friendship Award, the highest honor available to foreign experts in China. Seeking common ground while embracing differences, and pursuing unity while respecting diversity, Levine is composing an ode to China and singing out his China stories.