Maraia Vula will become the first student from Fiji to join the Global Business Journalism program.Maraia Baselala Vula will become the Global Business Journalism program's first student from Fiji when she enrolls in November. But already the acclaimed Fijian journalist has received nationwide acclaim in her home country for winning a scholarship to study in the diverse English language master'...

By HAROON HAYATGlobal Business Journalism reporterNico Gous on the Tsinghua campus in the fall semester of 2019.Nico Gous had proven his versatility by working for eight years in South African media as a print reporter, video journalist and web editor, among other roles. But he wanted to expand his horizons by experiencing other cultures and continents. After a few years of work, one of his fri...

By KATHERIN THOUVENINGlobal Business Journalism reporterAt the beginning of 2020, I was stuck at the crossroads. After finishing my bachelor’s degree in a French business school and being offered a full-time job in Beijing, I was still indecisive about my next step.For some students, working right after their bachelor’s degree was part of their plan, but not for me. I missed the feeling of be...

By NEO RUI QINFumie Yamazaki’s father is Japanese, her mother is from Shenzhen in southern China, and she speaks Mandarin with a Beijing accent. The first-year Global Business Journalism, who also understands English and Cantonese, is both at home everywhere and not completely accepted anywhere, no matter how adaptable she tries to be.“People in China identify me as a Japanese because of my f...

Tarif Hasnain: "Nothing is difficult if you do it from your heart."Tarif Hasnain, a reporter from Bangladesh, was attracted to the Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua because of its practical courses, its faculty of experienced international journalists, and its cross-cultural environment. He was interviewed by fellow first-year GBJ student Muadh Ali of Oman.Q: What do you hope to ...

Margot scrolling through her favorite BBC news blog, coffee in hand. (Photo by Angela Wang)By ANGELA WANGGlobal Business Journalism reporterMeet Margot Lambilliotte, a first-year Global Business Journalism student from France.Margot was born in 1993 in the small town of Amiens (the hometown of French President Macron), which is 90 minutes from Paris. She was the first of three children in her f...