My eyes witnessed the shining miracle,And my ears heard the sound of time flying;rnI met an old Chinese man,rnHis words had tea garden, Kungfu and Tai Chi;rnI met a young Chinese man and he talked aboutrnLights, skyscrapers and high technology.rnThis is a poem Italian high school student Giovanni Stoppoloni wrote in Chinese, showing his perception of China as a country with both an ancient cul-ture and impressive progress in modern science and technology. The 15-year-old studies at the Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, which hosts the biggest Confucius classroom in Italy. Learning Chinese provides foreign students like Stoppoloni opportunity to understand a real China today.