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No.17 Jianguomennei Street, Dongcheng District Beijing, China, 100005, 010-65286666
Our first group excursion was to the US Embassy, which turned out to be an extremely interesting and informative visit. While there, we met with several officials who gave us a brief overview of China's educational system as well as how the country as a whole fits into the global economy. There were two main presenters: one of whom is involved with China’s foreign and domestic politics, and one whose focus is on the educational system. Although they made it a point to mention that what...
Beijing, China rweidmannToday we toured a technology research facility in Beijing and got to see and hear about some really amazing gadgets. When we arrived, we were met by one of the representatives of the park who spoke flawless English. She showed us a scale model of the facility and explained its purpose. The design of the park was very interesting because the planners did as much as they could to preserve the natural setting in order to reduce damage to the environment as well as create a working environment m...
Beijing, China rweidmannAfter breakfast today we heard several people speak about education in China. The lectures took place in one of the hotel's conference rooms and were quite interesting. Our first speaker was Mr. Li Zipeng, the Deputy Director of the People's Education Press. He started with an informative introduction about China and then explained what his company does. PEP was founded in 1950 (one year after the start of Mao's People's Republic) and is responsible for the development and publication of Chin...
Beijing, China rweidmann
... are those most people would rather choose to walk the road ahead, in others to open up and dig out the old road to walk, although the look is very safe, but because too many people walk all the wealth and resources have long been occupied. Even if the lucky discovery of a small portion of the crowd will certainly be vying with the divided flock. Walk this way, how it would be a big gain? <br>
Beijing, Beijing, China inorderto... three across in long rows with a narrow aisle between each row.<br><br>The amazing thing to me was how joyful the children were despite the deplorable conditions!! They greeted us happily and when they came into the yard, they swarmed us wanting us to put our names on their papers. They played together and when called back to class, were very obedient. <br><br>We had an opportunity to meet with the principal in the teachers' room. This was just one building in the ...
Beijing, China mjp142... few people in between the talks. After the meetings I had to run out quickly to make the lab meeting at Tsinghua. I survived my first solo cab ride to Tsinghua (thank god Sai Wing wrote my address in Chinese, the taxi driver didn't really understand my broken chinese). Lab meeting was great, but I it started late so I could only spend about 45 minutes before I to go back to the hotel to meet the bus. They were very strict about being late so I left a ...
Beijing, China jstellar... Llegamos a la Universidad despues de unos...40 minutos..o algo asi. Es un campus grandisimo, y todo el mundo anda en bicicleta, solo se ven carros por las entradas, pero mas dentro del campus son solo bicicletas en las calles, creo que a alguno de nosotros va a terminar atropellado por una bici. Cuando llegamos fuimos directamente a registrarnos para que nos dieran los cuartos, eso se demoro bastante...cuando porfin nos dieron la llave, nos reunimos con la directora ...
Beijing, Beijing, China linis... when i left, and i can start feelling the chinese double effect! I don't understand how they can be so slim in this place they eat so much! http://image.soso.com/image.cgi?w=chine se%20food%20photos&sc=img&ch=s. p.nores.i&pid=p.nores.i&gid=&am p;cin= The life here in general is very cheap, you can eat for ...
Beijing, China karimico... corner and I felt my heart jump into my mouth ...... a swinging suspension bridge, just like in the westerns, you know when Clint Eastwood starts crossing and then he steps on a plank and it breaks below him and he dangles high above the ground ....... like that. Julie bounded across, skipping like a schoolgirl while I inched forward, step by step. My fear of heights comes in handy at times like these, so I was feeling just dandy! I was ...
Beijing, China gregjul... the desert and the city to try and absorb the sand. The 6,000km's of the great wall are in several different sections which don't link up and only little bits are open to the public. The views are really cool and it was one hell of a feat to build it. We headed back into town then and after an effort at shopping I gave up and went for some food with Erika. I was thinking the night market for something quick but we ended up in another cool bar ...
Beijing, China eoinmccarthy
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