Abdullaeva Dinora is a Uzbek student at Sichuan University in southwest China's Chengdu City. She has experienced how Chinese pop culture is becoming increasingly popular among young people in Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries over the past few years. For example, more young Uzbek people are getting interested in Mandarin pop music. For them, the language is not a barrier. Tashkent now hosts an annual festival for Chinese culture and language, while film festivals in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an showcase the best of Uzbek cinema. "Being a Uzbek student in China, I have seen the cooperation between our two countries grow stronger," Dinora said.