Xiaomei, do you know where Beijing is?

Yes! Beijing is in China!

That's right. Beijing is a city in China, and China is a country.

Is a country a really, really big place?

You can think of it that way. A country has many cities.

Then what are places outside China called?

They're called abroad, or you can also say foreign countries.

So going abroad means going to another country?

That's right. It means visiting another country.

I want to visit a foreign country someday too!