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A Freshman Year, Far From Home
Last fall 1,000 Chinese students arrived at Michigan State. Here are the stories of three of them.
Mengshi Zhao, 20, came from Zhengzhou, China, to study finance at Michigan State U. During winter break, he sent himself postcards on a train trip through the middle of the country.
September 03, 2013
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East Lansing, Mich.
When Mengshi Zhao arrived at Michigan State University last summer, it took some getting used to.
The grassy vistas of the upper Midwest were different from China's congested cityscapes. He had free time to fill, unlike his regimented high-school...
