2 hours ago · China
China university offers course pushing students to call strangers to build confidence, social skills
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 21 Oct 2026, 02:00 UTC. The headline in use is “China university offers course pushing students to call strangers to build confidence, social skills”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
An unconventional course at prestigious Nanjing University encourages students to call strangers to hone their social skills, challenging the traditional value of “do more, speak less”. At the top-tier institution in Jiangsu province, eastern China, former television producer and director Xu Kai launched a course called “Oral Expression” in 2015.
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
China university offers course pushing students to call strangers to build confidence, social skills
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- South China Morning Post