Four Confucius Institutes affiliated with the CUPL attend 2018 Confucius Institute Summer Camp

From July 3-27, 2018, the 5th Overseas Confucius Institutes’ Chinese Culture Summer Camp of China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) took place in Beijing and Suzhou. The four Confucius Institutes affiliated with the CUPL, including the institute at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, sent participants. A total of 86 teachers and students from Barbados, Norway, Romania, and the United Kingdom attended. This project represents only the third time that students from UWI in Barbados attended CUPL's summer camp. Overall, the visit was intended to facilitate education about Chinese language and culture through various activities and courses. Courses in Beijing encompassed subjects such as Chinese language, tea ceremony, and martial arts, while courses in Suzhou focused on Suzhou’s history and culture, incense lighting, sachet production, fans painting, embroidery, and jade carving. Locations visited by participants included various schools, campuses, historical sites, and museums, among others.

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