Reporters get to see real China

Source: China Daily | 08-22-2008 11:46

Brazilian Marcos Linhares did much personal research and thought a lot about China before coming to Beijing. He was thinking ahead to what aspect of the country he would speak to people about after returning home from the Olympics.

Linhares, a reporter on a Brazilian TV station, found his answer yesterday after visiting a sports training school in Beijing.

AFP reporters work in the press tribune as they watch the women's  110 metre hurdle heats during the track and field events inside  the National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in  Beijing on August 18, 2008.

"The school principal told me that academic performance is among the main criteria for selecting students," Linhares said. "That's important. China's quality education must be why the country is winning so many Olympic gold medals and developing so fast."

Linhares, also president of the Press Association of Media Education in Brazil, will be interviewing the Chinese minister of education in preparation for the 12 articles he plans to write on the topic.