[NYTr] First Chinese Graduate in Cubsa with B.A. Degrees in Spanish Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:47:29 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles Cuba Holds First Chinese Bachelors Graduation Havana, Oct 16 (acn) After one year of study and cultural interchange, the first 207 Chinese Bachelors of Arts in Spanish graduated on Monday in Cuba. During the graduation ceremony held in Havana's Convention Center, Cuban Minister of Education, Juan Vela Valdes, said the Chinese graduates will have the opportunity to continue their studies in higher educational institutions of the island. For his part, Chinese Vice Minister of Education, Zhao Qinping, manifested his country's gratitude for the Cuban cooperation and noted this educational program is very popular in China. Cuban President Fidel Castro offered the Chinese students a thesaurus, a manual on oratory and the book "One Hundred Hours with Fidel" as a graduation present. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================