Chinese oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文) over 3,000 years old are now being widely used as emojis by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(close) to people's life than before.

     “The ancient characters are not as cool and distant {#blank#}2{#/blank#}they are supposed to be,” said the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (create) Chen Nan. “In fact, they are cute and humorous, and they could totally serve our needs for online expression.”{#blank#}4{#/blank#}46-year-old professor of fine art at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions into emojis. For example, the character for “zui,”{#blank#}5{#/blank#} means “drunk” in English, was created {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(look) like a stumbling figure.

    Chen has also combined the ancient Chinese characters with cartoon figures. A cartoon video clip {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(feature) oracle bone inscriptions designed by him was viewed 31 million times and shared 140,000 times.

    Chen worked on the road of innovation 19 years ago. In 2016, the ancient typeface{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(include) into the font library under his efforts to let the ancient words walk into people's life. Now the library has as many as 3,500 characters,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}Chen's research on the project still continues, as he plans to extend the library to 7,000 characters. In the future, he will apply the ancient characters  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}education and development of games and apps.

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    Nearly 610,000 Chinese students attended schools and colleges overseas in 2017. China remains the world's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (large) supplier of international students. A majority{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the students went to European and North American countries. Countries{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (include) in the Belt and Road Initiative (B&R) became new destinations, with student numbers {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (rise) by 15.7 percent in 2017. At the same time, about 480,000 graduates returned to China. Since 1978, about 5.2 million Chinese{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (study) abroad and among those {#blank#}6{#/blank#} graduated about 83.7 percent returned to China.

    Meanwhile, a total of 490,000{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (foreign) from 204 countries and regions studied in China is 2017. Students from the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Pakistan were the most numerous, while the United States ranked {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (four). Students from B&R countries accounted for 64.9 percent of{#blank#}9{#/blank#} total. About 59,000 international students in China {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(support) by Chinese government scholarships.

    My time in China was a(an){#blank#}1{#/blank#} (forget) experience. Every day was a new adventure. I made life-long friends and had many{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(last) memories. My study abroad program organized trips for us to learn about each city and to visit cultural {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (sight). While I was in Beijing, I climbed the Great Wall of China, and visited Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium. I also had the opportunity of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (stick) in a Beijing thunderstorm, bargaining in the market, and riding the high-speed train. While I was in Tianjin, I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(study) at Nankai University. I was taking the Chinese language and culture courses{#blank#}6{#/blank#} I enjoyed most is that whatever I learned in class, I would use it outside to communicate with people. Having the opportunity {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (speak) Mandarin every day really improved my learning. In the afternoon I would have culture classes{#blank#}8{#/blank#} I would learn about Chinese calligraphy, Beijing opera, Chinese martial arts, Chinese cooking and many other subjects. The mix of learning about the language and culture made each day of class {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (enjoyable') exciting.

    I believe that the key {#blank#}10{#/blank#}studying abroad successfully is the attitude you carry. Going to China, I was open-minded and had a very positive attitude.

    While I was waiting for the bus I saw a homeless person carrying a sign {#blank#}1{#/blank#} said he would like a cup of coffee.

    As soon as I read it, I knew this task was meant for me. I joyfully ran across the street, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (think) that getting him a cup of coffee would be great. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(buy) the coffee and approached him slowly. The closer I got, the more joy in his eyes I could see.

    When I handed him the hot coffee, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(simple) said "This is for you." I could see so much joy in his face and even a tear. He kept thanking me, holding his coffee like the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(big) treasure in his life. It made me cry to see that a simple act of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(kind) could bring so much joy to others.

    I walked back to my bus stop, and when the bus driver opened the door and I wanted {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (pay) the bus fare, he waved me and said it had touched his heart to see me giving away that cup of coffee and{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the fare was on him. This {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(amaze)moment warmed my heart and it gave my day and my life {#blank#}10{#/blank#} new start. It brings me such joy to love and share.