Education in China: SANYA, China - Zhang Xiaoping's mother dropped out of school after sixth grade. Her father, one of 10 children, never attended. But Zhang, 20, is part of a new generation of Chinese taking advantage of a national effort to produce college graduates in numbers the world has never seen ...

Beijing: Hindi, one of the foreign languages gaining popularity in China, will be making its debut in South China as Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou is set to open a Hindi chair to teach the language. A Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a Hindi Chair at the Guangdong University ...

China plans to introduce a new visa regime titled “talent introduction” in an effort to attract more skilled professionals from abroad. A draft law in this regard has been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, for its second reading. Ordinary visas will be granted to ...

Business owners have criticized the British government's scrapping of a visa scheme that allows international students to work for two years in the United Kingdom after graduation, saying that it restricts them from filling vacancies that require niche skills. The post-study work visa ended on Friday, after which non-European Union graduates ...

Los Angeles, March 25 : Singer Rihanna has given fans a glimpse at the video for her duet with the band "Coldplay" by tweeting her pictures from the "Geisha" themed shoot. The singer sung with frontman Chris Martin of Coldplay for their album track "Princess of China," which was released in ...

Percentage of students on temporary visas. Foreign students from India and China are remaining in the U.S. after getting their doctorates here in large numbers and at much higher rates that Ph.D. graduates from other countries, according to a new study. The study showed that the stay rate of those from China ...

Under a new Department of State rule, foreign nationals can be issued L-1 visas valid for up to five years, depending on the maximum period allowed for their country of citizenship – even if that period is longer than their underlying USCIS petition approval. Previously, L visas were limited to ...

TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES hired non-EU workers on more than 1,000 occasions last year to help plug a job gap in the industry, which is estimated to have between 2,500 and 3,000 unfilled positions. Just under 1,200 permits were issued last year to non-EU nationals to fill positions in the IT sector. These ...

WASHINGTON / BEIJING - The United States is expected to simplify and quicken the process of visa applications for Chinese travelers, US President Barack Obama announced recently as part of an initiative to boost tourism. "Every year, tens of millions of tourists from all over the world come and visit America. ...