University students help cement ties

Younger generation carries forward China-Malaysia traditional friendship

For Malaysian student Cheok Xuan Yu, life in China is filled with cultural encounters.

Just a week before this year's Spring Festival, she and a group of international students from Tianjin University traveled to Yangliuqing, an ancient town on the outskirts of Tianjin, to experience the traditional craft of woodblock New Year prints.

"The five-step process — drawing, carving, printing, painting and mounting — showed me how intricate the pictures are and how culture can drive an entire industry," Cheok recalled.