Indonesian students make a study trip to Shenzhen, Guangdong province. [Photo/GIZMOLOGI.ID]
The older generation in Indonesia is mostly familiar with the saying Seek knowledge, even if it takes you as far as China.
However, Henry Heru, 33, was not aware of it when he traveled to the country to spend two years studying Mandarin at Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.
China is attracting rising numbers of overseas students to further their education in different fields of study.
The country s fast-growing economy had enabled its education system to become one of the world s best.
Heru said, There were many Indonesian students in China, along with those from the United States, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Japan and African and Middle Eastern countries.