We have summer Chinese courses which are the best you can find. You will enjoy coming to Beijing to learn about Chinese culture and improve your Chinese at the same time. The courses last for four, six or eight weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are well-trained and very experienced. They teach Chinese classes for four hours a day. You can choose between small groups of two or three, or larger groups of up to 15. We provide weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. We also provide books and other materials.

As well as learning Chinese, we want you to experience life in China. You can live with Chinese family and do some activities with them, too. For many of our students, this is the most interesting part of the course. Many families with the students create friendships which last a long time. Of course, if you prefer, you can also stay in a hotel.

Of course, there are many things to do in Beijing. Every day we have activities which take place after class. You can choose to take trips to the Palace Museum, Tian’anmen Square or the Great Wall. You can also go to different shopping centers, sports centers, movies and concerts. Don’t forget to try Beijing duck. It’s so delicious.

We hope that you’ll enjoy a course with us, too. If you’re interested, please fill in our APP form where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins. Call us at 010-57864323 to get more information about the courses.

According to a recent report, about 18% of China’s Internet users are under 19 years old. And nearly 1/4 of them are students. While benefiting a lot from the Internet, such as education and communication, teenagers often face dangers and risks. To better protect them, the Chinese government last year launched(启动) a special system which has come to be known as the “Teenager Mode(模式).” Many live online video platforms(平台) are now using it, but how effective is it?

“Teenager Mode” seems to be a firewall to protect teenage Internet users from overuse. Platforms have their own ways to do that, such as time limits and passwords. They can also prohibit rewarding, recharging(续费) and so on.

Although there are some advantages, “Teenager Mode” still has its problems. For example, many parents complain that their children can still see something unsuitable on some platforms although they use “Teenager Mode”. And if teenagers get hold of the full password, they can enter and exit whenever they like.

Experts say the system is still very new and it takes time and energy to improve it. “‘Teenager Mode’ doesn’t have the same standard yet. For platforms, they should make every effort to truly meet the requirements of the regulatory authorities (管理当局的要求),” said Wang Sixin, the president of Beijing Net Law Society.

Others say “Teenager Mode” doesn’t really limit the time teenagers spend online. They can simply go from one app or platform to another till they use up the time limit on each. To improve it, first of all, the time spent on each app or platform needs to be shared. Second, in order to help parents control their children’s time spent online, the app or platform can trigger(触发) an alarm to warn the parents.

In all, the system is an important first step to protect young people from the dangers and risks of the Internet, but more needs to be done.

According to China Daily, China plans to vaccinate (接种疫苗) 40 percent of its population by June. The vaccine capacity (疫苗容量) will reach 2.1 billion doses (剂) by the end of 2021. At the same time, China has reached out to other countries in need. The country is exporting (出口) COVID-19 vaccines to 27 countries and providing free vaccine aid for 53 countries, including Pakistan, Cambodia, Laos and Mongolia.

However, global vaccination is highly unbalanced (不平衡的), Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Disease at the Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, said on March 1st. Full vaccine coverage (覆盖率) can be achieved only in the United States, Europe and a few other countries, such as China and Russia. Small and medium-sized developing countries could reach wide vaccine coverage a year behind larger developing and developed countries, according to the World Bank.

For those countries that have not yet got a vaccine, China may be the only solution (解决办法). China is one of the few nations that can produce a large number of vaccines. What’s more, China has joined COVAX which is organized by the World Health Organization to make sure that all members get the vaccine in the future. China has decided to offer 10 million vaccines to COVAX, Xinhua reported.

“We must make sure that no country in need of the vaccines is left behind and no individuals (个人) waiting for vaccines aren’t noticed,” said Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who pointed out that nothing matters more than the people and nothing is more valuable than human lives.