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Empowering Exchange

Bora Shnitman, Vice President of Destination Marketing at Beijing-based travel company Dragon Trail International, first got to know China through maps. Interested in geography since his childhood, he found the big country in East Asia mysterious. To satisfy his own curiosity, he decided to visit China.

“It was exciting to get to know the country’s history and culture, practice writing Chinese characters and discover similarities and differences between China and my country Israel. It was even more exciting to come and visit China after my graduation and to travel around this beautiful country,” Shnitman told the Global Young Leaders Dialogue Forum, held in Beijing on August 12.

With the theme of Global Development and the Power of Youth, the forum, hosted by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), drew the participation of around

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