By Cyrus A. Natividad

 
Bobby Cheng (right), is a CPU MBA student from Chengdu, China. He is grateful for having studied the English language at Central Philippine University. Photo Credit: Bobby Cheng

Filipino Chinese Youth Culture Promotion (FCYCP), Inc. is a brainchild of Xu Bin, a Chinese chemist who came to study English at Central Philippine University. Xu Bin and twenty students from China in his FCYCP group are enrolled in CPU in the Doctoral Graduate Program in Education and Public Management.

Like most foreign students in CPU, Xu Bin’s group started with English language courses in CPU. Two years after, Xu Bin is grateful for having been to CPU and learned English. He acknowledges that these lessons were very important so that he could continue with his studies: “I could not have enrolled in the Graduate School’s Doctor in Management/Public Administration course at present [if not for these lessons].”

Mr. Xu Bin and his wife, Huili Chen has been part of the CPU family for two years. Photo Credit: Xu Bin

Asked who advised him to study in CPU, Xu Bin declares, “It’s God who guided me here.” A Christian convert, Xu Bin attends the University Church with his family every Sunday. Furthermore he explains, “I like CPU very much; Centralian students, faculty and staff are very nice people”.

Bobby Cheng, a CPU MBA student from Chengdu, China is grateful for having studied the English language at Central Philippine University. Admitting that he could speak English when he first enrolled in CPU seven years ago, Bob attributes his current proficiency to the excellent language learning program given to foreign students: “I would like to thank the people who helped me much here in CPU, particularly the faculty and staff at the CPU Department of Languages and Mass Communication. I enjoy studying here in CPU.”

Bob took up his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management in CPU and currently in his last year in Master in Business Administration Graduate Studies Degree. He is the only child as a result of his government’s One Child Policy in China. He is staying in Iloilo City with his mother who takes care of him while he is on his thesis dissertation and until he graduates. Bob wishes to work in business back in his country as soon as he graduates.