As 2025 approaches, reporters from China Youth Daily interviewed several international students in China about their experiences studying and living in the country. Duong Mai Tran, a freshman at the College of Applied Chinese Studies at Beijing Language and Culture University, comes from Vietnam, shared her deep fondness for Chinese culture.

"I've watched Yunge from the Desert and My Fair Princess," Yang said. "During the summer holidays, the TV would broadcast Journey to the West. It was all part of our childhood."