The last day in Shanghai was action packed. All of us were immensely exhausted because we have been doing activities nonstop and the last day was no different. We woke up at a reasonable time and visited the Yu Garden in downtown Shanghai. The garden was built hundreds of years ago by a government official…

On the 2nd to last day of our trip in Shanghai we took a two hour bus ride to the Yang Shan Port. This is a very impressive port because it is just so large. There are huge metal crates being moved around on trucks and being taken off transport ships. We walked up to…

Today we visited two different companies AmCham and Horiba. The American Chamber of Commerce in China is shortened to AmCham because AmCham sounds cooler. AmCham is a company that helps other American companies do business in China because doing business here is much different than in the USA. In China, everything moves faster. Many American…

Yesterday we arrived in Shanghai and the city received us very well. We took a boat ride on the river cutting Shanghai into two pieces. This was the most wonderful way to be introduced to the city. There were lights everywhere. They were intricate and mesmerizing. On one building there was a projection of a…

The last day in Xi’an was the most exciting because we were going to visit the Terracotta Warriors outside of the city. The warriors were built during the first dynasty in China for the first Emperor of China. They are around two thousand years old, but they were still wonderfully preserved. There are 8000 large…

When we first arrived in Xi’an in the afternoon on Friday, we went to the most glorious dumpling banquet. This was easily the best meal I have had so far in China. Even though there were flies flying around the table, they did not ruin the meal one bit because it was so delicious. They…

On our last day in Beijing we went to the most impressive tourist locations. Our tour guide, Uncle Joe, first took us to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Uncle Joe told us about the political importance of Tiananmen Square. It is the place where modern China was born. In the distance on the front…

Today we visited Huawei, a major technology company. They mostly sell phones and other electric devices but the most interesting thing they are doing is pioneering the 5G cell service. 5G is the new big service that is supposed to make every technology before it look like a chump. Apparently 5G will allow you to…

Day two had a very different pace to it. We were not doing any tourist visits but instead we went to the Central University of Finance and Economics to learn about big data and what college is like in China. We listened to a lecture about methods of collecting data and using it which was…

The Great Wall of China is exactly that, great. It was about fifteen feet wide and 50 feet tall. But what is most interesting about the Wall is how many stones it took to build it. It must have taken billions of stones to build it. The Wall went up and down extremely steep mountains…

Hey my name is David Perkins but I go by Dave because Dave is a much cooler dude. I am from Concord Massachusetts and am super delighted to be attending Pitt. I attended Concord Carlisle High School before coming to Pitt where I played squash in the winter and Ultimate Frisbee in the spring. Going…