"Hence, for the competition every year, we would always lose." Principal Liu shook his head. "And it's a complete loss. Our intention as principals is not to win the whole competition in the end. It's for some of our students to at least win some segments, even if it was only one round.
"It could more or less help us earn some pride back," Principal Liu said. "So that we won't always be a joke to the other side. Every time, after we send students over to learn and still have to be treated like a joke, it makes us feel terrible also. There were many times when we were so angry we wanted to end the partnership and just develop on our own, but in the end…"