She herself knew little of the province or its capital at that time, so she decided to have a look before taking her family there

Kottuvala Abdul Mateed from India helps his Chinese father-in-law to expand their ginger business abroad

"On the visit to Hefei, I found it was not very developed but thought it would have great potential

"Nowadays all the primary schools in my country have made Chinese-language courses available to students," said Cho, who was believed by some local media to have given the strongest push to the achievement

I became the first South Korean person to receive the Chinese Central Government's Friendship Award in 2002 and the first from my country to get permanent residency in China in 2006