American Youth VS Chinese Fenqing – General

The Global Times manages to evoke insecurity and arrogance all at once. In a series of opinion pieces, the newspaper both boasts of China’s strength and threatens those who don’t see things China’s way.

Uon Thomas Sandiford, 24, became one of the first Guyanese medical students in China when he arrived in 2006. Having earned a degree in pharmacology in the U.S., he pursued an additional three years of medical studies at Sichuan University's Huaxi Campus while also studying the Chinese language. Now specializing in dentistry, he aims to eventually open a dental clinic for foreigners in Chengdu.

Outside, a sandstorm is raging, sending towering gusts of grit howling across one of China's bleakest landscapes.

But inside a local high school, you can hear a pin drop.

Schoolgirls have gathered silently around a table, keen to tell a Canadian woman about their hopes and dreams. These girls don't know it yet, but this moment could change their lives.

For the millions of Chinese who want a taste of Hollywood entertainment and a Disney style theme park experience, all they need to do is visit the USA Pavilion at the World Expo, which features plenty of good, bad and ugly.