For years, Miriam Achieng Kenyatta experienced China through the small screen of her phone, watching Chinese films, following Chinese media and turning her digital world into an improvised classroom because she could not afford to live in China.
From Nairobi's largest informal settlement, Kibera, to the global stage in China, 23-year-old Kenyan student Miriam Achieng Kenyatta has taken her Chinese-language journey to a new level.
It was Jasmine's first time trying Shandong cuisine — but one dish unexpectedly reminded her of home, thousands of miles away in Malaysia.
Coming to study in China, you gain a fresh perspective on China — formed by your own observations and totally different from what the Western media depicts.
From warm Ramadan gatherings at the Chinese Embassy in Egypt to the quiet rhythm of daily lab work at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, 28-year-old Doha Fares has traveled 7,000 kilometers to build a life in China, a country her father describes as "friendly and lovely".
From language barriers to university friendship, in the second episode of Unpacked, Natalia and Grass shared their heartfelt experiences at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
For Jimmy Zhong, an international student from Panama, adapting to life in China was easier than he expected.
As a Nepali doctoral student, I joined my Chinese peers on a social-practice journey to Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, from July 9 to 13, 2026. I arrived with academic curiosity, but also with the uneasiness of a foreigner entering an unfamiliar place. My Chinese was still limited. Yet over those five days, I gradually discovered that tea can speak across languages, and that technology can help build bridges between cultures.
Graduation season is a time when people often ask themselves: What's next? Edwin Montealegre once faced the same uncertainty.
Sayed Mustafa Mirzai, an Afghanistani student studying at Renmin University of China, shares his genuine experience of studying in China.
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