The group has spent the last few days visiting Hongming "Paul" Chen's mother's tire factory and his ancestral home (Jinzhou). At each stop, gracious hosts have helped create memorable experiences and provided a rare window into life for factory workers, generations of Hongming's family, and the average Chinese citizen. It is hard to explain how valuable … Continue reading Hospitality – A Generational Thing
By Holden White (白河灯) I am sitting here at 10:30 PM right now, looking out the window to Paul’s Mom’s tire factory, and I still see people working. These workers will work almost all night with the rubber. Early today we had a tour of the factory from the Head of Technology. We got to see everything that … Continue reading Curiosity, a Tire Factory
By Laura Bowden Today started much earlier than I would have liked, waking up only a little past six and heading across the city to Shaohan’s house, which is much larger than the 17th floor apartment that I’ve gotten used to. We then traveled a few hours outside of the city, watching as the sky … Continue reading Perspective; a Great Wall
By Moammar Alhammad In todays trip, we travelled through the subway to visit a side of China that is very important to the people of China and the rest of the world. Containing approximately 9 thousand rooms, The Forbidden City is one of the most visited places in the world. 14 million people a year … Continue reading Exploring Ancient Beijing
Any good educational adventure is built around quality conversations. The group in China is, by this measure, having quite an adventure! Here is a collection of wisdom and observations from just one discussion: On similarities & differences: Moammar - "One thing that really surprised me was how the little things - like food, and how much … Continue reading 人山人海 – People Mountain, People Sea
By Claude Owen As it was our first full day in China, and my first day touring, I wasn't really sure what to expect today. Yet somehow, I was still surprised. We started off the day by going to the Palace and Altar of Heaven. In the park that surrounded the buildings were many elderly … Continue reading 1st Full Day: Setting a Standard
By Hunter Puckett (& Holden White) Today was a day of firsts. We were shocked once we first got to Beijing to see how many people were in such a small place. We could tell this from how the apartments were situated, with a ton of tall apartment buildings all over Beijing. We were lucky … Continue reading A Day of Firsts
In just 48 hours a group of CCS students will be cruising at 30,000ft. somewhere between Washington, DC and Beijing! Please follow our adventure here, on this blog, and remember to post questions and comments for us to respond to! "Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves." - Euripides
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