The first thing that drew university student Lu Song toward a volunteer position in Kenya was the opportunity to put the experience on applications for postgraduate study in the US. The second was the chance to spend a summer abroad having some adventures.
Zhang Jianwen is an adventurer. The 34-year-old has been to the heartlands of Africa and returned home with many a tale to tell.
While most Chinese companies in Africa concentrate on English-speaking regions and battle with Indian, European and American companies for work, Wu Bin has taken a different approach, focusing on French-speaking countries where international competition isn't as tough.
Watching Han Fang step out of an elevator wearing a warm smile at Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, it's hard to imagine this single mother in her early 50s is a billionaire and still setting records among the Chinese community in her adopted country.
Four o'clock in the morning and a slim Chinese woman jumps off a truck piled with cabbages in the wilds of Kenya, her face covered with road dust and nothing but darkness around her. For many it could be a worrying moment, alone in a foreign land, but for Yuan Tian, 27, it was another part of a great adventure that took her deep into the culture of the country.
Chinese is no longer a strange language in South Africa. Simple Chinese words can be heard on the streets of Cape Town, at Johannesburg Airport's passport control and among commodity traders negotiating prices in Durban.
Ghana's need for more drinkable water supplies has proved an opportunity for Zhang Deliang as he heads a project that will improve the lives of millions.
A photograph of President Xi Jinping with some overseas Chinese hangs on the wall of Wang Longshui's office in Johannesburg's Chinatown.
Ruth Njeri's first taste of public singing came at the age of 6 as leader of a children's choir in her homeland Kenya. It was a small taste of what was to come. The young Njeri she would go on to make history as the first African to sing on stage during China's annual Spring Festival television show, Chunwan.
Ozwald Boateng has made his money making suits, and now he is shedding sweat helping to stitch Africa's disparate parts together.
While many Chinese head overseas in search of a dream, their compatriot Wang Huiyao has dedicated himself to encouraging the opposite.
Moroccan artist Fathiya Tahiri is hoping to win over a Chinese audience with a solo exhibition of her work in Beijing's National Art Museum of China.
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