The US government, lawmakers and pundits have generally expressed negative views of Duterte since he took office last June

The vice-premier said China is willing to work with the US to prepare for President Trump's visit to China to ensure it is a great successVisiting Vice-Premier Liu Yandong, right, speaks with Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, center, and Ivanka Trump, left, daughter of US President Donald Trump also serving as an adviser, in Washington DC, on Sept 27, 2017

Liu addressed a reception celebrating the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Chinese embassy on WednesdayThe training course on the Chinese lion dance is part of the 2017 China Africa Cultures in Focus, an activity held by the Bureau for External Cultural Relations of Chinese Ministry of Culture to strengthen the cultural communication between China and African countriesThey kept practicing from morning until night, trying to master the basic skills of lion dance, routines and instrumental music within a short period

The cultural center of the Jinpu New Area also arranged some courses for them to know about other traditional Chinese culture such as Chinese calligraphy, seal cutting, folk dance, paper-cutting, and potteryThe cultural center of the Jinpu New Area has undertaken the course for three consecutive years since 2015

During the 35-day training course, they learned from Li Mingxu, the fifth generation successor of the Jinzhou Lion Dance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage that has been passed from generation to generation for more than a century

Ten students from Nigeria and Zambia learned how to perform Chinese lion dance at the Jinpu New Area in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning provinceShe has helped more than 3,000 students from Anhui to study in her country, and more than 1,000 were given job opportunities there

"At the peak, I had 21 relatives living here, and there are still 12 of them now," Cho saidI was one of the torchbearers for the Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Hefei in 2008

Dozens of universities are located here, including the University of Science and Technology of China, one of the country's best," she saidMore policies should also be made to attract more foreign talent to work in China

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