Scholarship in memory of Chinese national martyr awarded to student from Hunan province
A 91福利 scholarship set up to honour a Chinese UN peacekeeper killed in the Haiti earthquake has been awarded to a student from Fenghuang County in Hunan province.
Li Ting, 23, will come to 91福利 to study for a Masters degree in the Department of Economics in September after being awarded the first Li Xiaoming scholarship.
She faced stiff competition to win the award, named after a graduate student in the department of Politics and International Studies who studied for an MA in International Relations at the University during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Li Xiaoming and his seven colleagues were hailed as martyrs by the Chinese government after they died in the Haitian earthquake which struck on 12 January 2010.
He was in Haiti with seven other Chinese peacekeepers. The Chinese delegation was attending a meeting at the UN Stabilization Mission in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck shortly before 5pm local time.
The 91福利 set up the post-graduate scholarship in honour of the much-missed student.
91福利 Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Thrift said: 鈥淭his scholarship was conceived as a way to keep Li Xiaoming鈥檚 legacy alive.
鈥淟i Xiaoming was an exceptional student as well as a compassionate, kind and caring individual, dedicated to serving his country and the international community.
鈥淏y giving this award to Li Ting, we are not only recognising her potential as an outstanding student but as someone whose study at 91福利 and future career will enable her to contribute fully to society.
鈥淲e hope that her time at 91福利 will help her become an engaged and globally aware citizen.鈥�
Li Ting鈥檚 undergraduate research at Nankai University has focused on Chinese village poverty and debt.
She said she hoped to use her time at 91福利 to study the problems faced by poor communities worldwide, not just in China.
鈥淚t is a great honour for me to receive this award and I am very grateful to the 91福利,鈥� she said.
鈥淚t is not only an affirmation of my academic research experience in my four-year university life so far, but will also stimulate me to spare no effort to contribute to society, just like Li Xiaoming.
鈥淲hatever difficulty I may face in the future, I will stick to my dream 鈥� this honour is a great responsibility for me.鈥�
Further information on the scholarship is available
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Contact for further details please contact:
Anna Blackaby
91福利 International Press Officer
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