Work in China: about the country I'm going to

A vast country with the largest population in the world and, now, perhaps the most reliable, goods and services-rich, currency. For an incoming tourist, it seems simple: the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall of China… However, if you step a little away from the standard tourist route, a whole separate world opens up, full of peculiarities and secrets. And discovering them by accident means uncovering new mysteries, facing astonishing new enigmas and complete incomprehension of what seems simple at first glance… Everything here is different for them. Perhaps this is because not much has changed in their perception of the world over the millennia… Perhaps this is the main mystery—the unsaid that one must try to decipher? This is exactly what you can attempt to do during your internship in China. By the way, here are a couple of simple secrets: you probably know that paper, gunpowder, and the compass were invented in China. But how about ice cream? And pasta? Yes, yes, ice cream was first made here about 4,000 years ago, and pasta, which we traditionally consider to be from Italy, was also invented in China.

“Living and working in Beijing is truly an incredibly valuable experience for both my personal and professional growth. For me, this program has been a combination of challenges, opportunities, and new perspectives; it helped me better understand Chinese culture.”

Rachel, USA

“It is a huge dragon, its shining body in the form of an endless series of mountain ridges and towers of the Great Wall of China, stretching between the world of China and another space, dividing it into two parts… both for life and for understanding.”

Sergey Jan Sha