Category: China


  • 人山人海  – People Mountain, People Sea

    人山人海 – People Mountain, People Sea

    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…

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  • 1st Full Day: Setting a Standard

    1st Full Day: Setting a Standard

    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…

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  • A Day of Firsts

    A Day of Firsts

    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…

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  • The Adventure Approaches!

    The Adventure Approaches!

    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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