In the runup to the meeting, China Daily asked a prominent South Korean teacher to talk about her experiences in promoting educational improvements, business cooperation and people-to-people understanding in her native country and her adopted home

I think China should attract even more foreigners, because from my own experience, having a look at the real China, not just the view from overseas, makes a big difference"He wanted to go to the inland provinces, and he had some knowledge of Anhui, so he chose Hefei as his destination," Cho said

It was the first primary school in the country to do soIt also extends to boosting Sino-South Korean economic ties and helping the province's poverty-stricken areasWe didn't expect that we would come to love the country as much as we do," said Cho, who speaks fluent Mandarin

Over the last 21 years, South Korean teacher Cho Sung-hye has contributed much to the friendship between the people of her country and China"China is developing very fast and will play more important roles in the world

The improvement of the people's confidence itself is one of the biggest achievements

"Nowadays, flights connecting Hefei with Incheon in South Korea are available five days a week, and the situation is improvingHis book this year, Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City, is the result of his many years of field research on the issues

Whites are the majority now, accounting for 55 percent of the communityThe 14th Street near U Street, a traditional African American neighborhood, is now lined up with hip restaurants and bars in this photo taken on Sunday

The area, a 90 percent black neighborhood just a few decades ago, was only 30 percent African American by 2010Hyra described the massive transformation in the U Street/Shaw area, where the city's once most infamous open-air drug market has become a farmers' market now selling grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli