Bilingual education benefits students in Xinjiang

Students from different ethnic groups play basketball together at the No 5 Middle School in Zepu county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Oct 25, 2010. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] 

"It is important to speak our own language as a Chinese and I enjoy the environment the school provided. I’m proud of myself because now I can be an interpreter for my parents since they don’t speak Chinese," said Huojiaihemaiti Tutusun, a student at the No 5 Middle School in Zepu county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Oct 25, 2010. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]