NAIROBI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- A flag-off ceremony was held on Friday for scholarship students from the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, who are heading to Tianjin Normal University in China for advanced Mandarin (standard Chinese language) studies. Among them, 20 students will embark on a two-year study program in China.
Senior government officials, diplomats, faculty members, and parents attended the ceremony in Nairobi, the East African country's capital, to see off the students.
