Cork Shanghai education links to deepen

Education links between Cork and Shanghai are set to deepen over the coming months, with free cultural exchanges to China set to be offered to Irish second-level students.

One of the first ever Chinese students to study in University College Cork also said he hopes to act as a bridge between Cork and Shanghai to help develop and deepen those links.

Henry Wang, 66, who was among a cohort of just 10 Chinese nationals studying at the university in 1991, and who retired last year from a senior position in global food giant Kerry’s growing China operation, said Cork and Shanghai can, despite their size difference, learn a lot from each other.