Look east to further your education

Irish students who will spend the next year studying in Shanghai have encouraged more third level Irish students to look east to China as a study option.

More Chinese high schools are now seeking to twin with Cork schools.

And talks are under way to launch a Chinese language competition in Cork schools where Chinese is taught, with prizes of cultural exchange trips to Shanghai up for grabs. The details emerged during celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of Cork’s sister-city link with Shanghai.