Romania holds "Chinese Bridge" contest for secondary school students

STORY: Romania holds "Chinese Bridge" contest for secondary school students DATELINE: May 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Chinese Bridge" contest 2. SOUNDBITE (Romanian): DENISA-ELENA DAVID, Winner of the special prize 3. various of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: The annual Chinese proficiency contest -- the "Chinese Bridge"-- for foreign high school students in Romania's division on Saturday witnessed 22 finalists competing for a ticket to the final in China. The event, hosted by the Confucius Institute at Babes-Bolyai University, featured teenage competitors nationwide who demonstrated their Chinese language proficiency and cultural knowledge through speeches, quizzes, singing, dancing, and painting performances. Denisa-Elena David, a girl who studies Chinese at the Confucius Institute in Sibiu, central Romania, won the special prize and will represent Romania at the final stage in China. SOUNDBITE (Romanian): DENISA-ELENA DAVI