Today was our second day in Beijing! We spent most of the day at the Central University of Finance and Economics. After about an hourlong bus ride we arrived at the university’s campus which seemed pretty similar to a college campus in the US. The first part of our day at the university consisted of…
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Day 1: The Great Wall
Today was our first full day in China! We started the day by having a delicious breakfast at our hotel buffet. After our breakfast we got on the bus to travel to the Great Wall. On the way there our tour guide Joe taught us a lot about Beijing during the different dynasties and the…
The American Chamber of Horiba
I woke up this morning well rested and ready for the day ahead of me. For the first time in almost a week, we were back in business casual attire. Today, we were vising the American Chamber of Commerce and Horiba. I got ready and headed downstairs for another breakfast. Once again, the doughnuts and…
Planning Shanghai
Why no blog from day eight? You guessed it! yesterday was another travel day, this time from Xi’an to Shanghai. We spent roughly the same time on the bullet train as our last trip, and saw many of the same sights. The first thing I noticed when I got off the train in Shanghai was…
Dusty Warriors
This morning started out a bit hectic- Krish and I both slept through our alarms despite turning in relatively early. Luckily, we woke up with around fifteen minutes to get ready, so we made the bus on time but couldn’t get breakfast. Our first stop of the day was the Terracotta Warriors. They were discovered…
Bulleted to the Kids
Yesterday was a day of travel from Beijing to Xi’an the bullet train. This was my first time using a train for travel, let alone an engineering marvel that doesn’t exist in the United States. Speeding by the Chinese countryside at almost 200 miles per hour offered a view of China that we didn’t see…
VIPHuawei
I woke up to my alarm this morning, a sign that I had hopefully overcome jetlag. Today was a big day! We were visiting Huawei and VIPkid, our first two company visits. I was particularly excited to visit Huawei, as they have rapidly improved their technology over the past few years and now are rivaling…
CUFE > Market
Jetlag hit me even harder today than yesterday, waking me up at 4:30 am and rendering me unable to fall back asleep. It was okay with me though because the twelve-hour time difference meant all of my friends in the States were up, so I could talk to them for longer than a few minutes. …
Plus3 China Conclusions
Studying the business climate in China was an incredible experience. It allowed me to see things from a different perspective, for example I could see how cultural differences affect business practices, and I learned so much that I will be able to take with me throughout the rest of my college career and well beyond….
China… I love you 3,000
The last 2 weeks have been a transformational, eye-opening experience that I will certainly remember for the rest of my life. This trip may be one of the few times I will be able to explore in great depth the culture and way of life of a foreign country while learning about a focused subject…
The Beginning of the End
Waking up to my 8 o’clock alarm, it was hard to believe that this is the final day of our visit to China. Although the 4 a.m. bus ride to the Pittsburgh airport seems like an eternity ago, each individual day in China passed as minutes. Coming to the lobby at 9 a.m. we were…
A Great Job Planning
On my ninth day in China I began my first full day in Shanghai, definitely my favorite of the three cities. When I woke up in the morning to get ready to go to the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), I was still amazed with the sights I saw of Shanghai the…
Xièxiè, China
What is business? Before this trip I would have answered that business is about making money. The only problem with this is that it’s simply wrong. Of course, a primary goal of a business is to make money, but what’s important lies in the way a business goes about that. Business can be personal, helpful,…
Port Fried Rice
After sleeping through my alarm for the first time this trip, I rushed into the shower, threw on my clothes, and hurried to the lobby by our 7:30 meeting time. As we settled into our seats on the bus, we were greeted by Sarah, a Pitt graduate who has lived in Shanghai for the past…
AmCham with Chris and Dan
Since I had stayed up late yesterday night, I was slow to get up. But having showered, gotten dressed in business casual attire, and eaten a cliff bar, I was prepared for today’s excursions! We all boarded the bus and made our way to the American Chamber of Commerce just an hour from our hotel….
Back to School
I woke up well rested after sleeping past 8 am for the first time all trip! Yesterday’s bullet train ride brought us to Shanghai, China’s largest city and financial hub. The great buffet style breakfast of our 5-star hotel matched if not surpassed the breakfasts of our previous hotels (which were already very good). We…
Mask on
Before I came to China, I had the misconception that pollution was going to be horrible everywhere and I wouldn’t be able to breathe outside without a mask. Once I got to Beijing I realized how wrong I was. China really put in great efforts to clean up their skies and the only reason people…
Half-Baked Warriors
China’s far-stretching history has produced a community so rich in culture and tradition. Not only have the customs of many generations of people contributed to societal beliefs, but the remnants of many historical events result in a nation concentrated with cultural attractions. We began day 6 by travelling to one of these many sites; the…
Big Trouble in Little China
Having travelled for the majority of day 5, day 6 had much in store to compensate for the lengthy trip. That being said, the bullet train that brought us from Beijing to Xi’an (a distance of over 570 miles) in under 6 hours was a novel experience. This transportation feat is a perfect exemplar of…
Watch the Throne
To complement yesterday’s business-oriented visits, today we traveled to some of the most culturally rich locations in modern China. We left the hotel and began our journey to Tiananmen Square, the world’s largest city center comprised of a legislative building, a museum, a memorial house that quarters Mao Zedong’s preserved corps, and several other structures….