"I don't take schoolwork with me when I travel -- I just work very hard when I'm at school in Guangzhou, " he said.

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"There are cultural differences to work out, and it was hard for me at first (living in Guangzhou), very different, " she said.

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For the Asian leg of the project he will work in a village in China's Huadu district north east of the city of Guangzhou.

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