Every morning, a number of students from Myanmar (缅甸) walk hand in hand across the border (边境) into China's Yunnan province. They are 1 by policemen to Yinjing Frontier Primary School in Ruili. After school, they return to their homes in Myanmar.
The students 2 the first frontier primary school in China. The school has 36 Myanmar students and 99 Chinese students. The school has admitted students from Myanmar 3 1990.
The students from Myanmar like going to school in China. It makes them very 4 because they have many friends there.
The school has preschool classes and first through third grades and all classes are 5 in Chinese and Burmese (缅甸语).
The Myanmar students said that the teachers do not 6 them differently because they come from a different country.
More Myanmar parents are willing to send their children to the school because speaking good Chinese is 7 for them to work in China or do business with China.
The government has spent 2.6 million yuan in improving school facilities (设施). The school has set up a special foundation (基金会) with 8 from teachers, parents and policemen at the inspection station.
Ruili, an important land port for southwestern China, is 9 by a famous Chinese song: there is a beautiful place, which describes its natural beauty and colorful folklore.
At the school, the students also can be heard 10 another song, "Two countries, one school, hand in hand, heart to heart, forever love."
