Today we had a really early start to the day, we had to leave early in order to get to the port in time! During the two-hour bus ride to the Yangshan Port we got the opportunity to listen to a Pitt alumnus speak about her experience since coming to Shanghai to live. She studied…
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ECUST, Shanghai Urban Planning Museum, and Chinese Acrobatics Show
We met at 9 am today (our latest start yet!) to travel to East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). When we arrived, I was surprised to see that the campus was separated from the rest of the city by big walls and gates. We first had a campus tour lead by students who…
Day 9 – East China University of Science and Technology
Our first day in Shanghai! I absolutely love this city. It’s very modern and full of culture, similar to New York city, it feels very familiar. There are shopping malls and restaurants everywhere! It’s amazing. Last night, after we arrived in Shanghai, we went on a cruise tour on the Huangpu River, this was definitely…
Shipping Goods All Over the World
Day 11 started with a long bus ride to our first stop of the day, Yangshan Port. It was about a two-hour bus ride to the port. Due to the long bus ride we had a guest speaker talk to us during the ride. The guest speaker is a Pitt alum who is currently living…
Day 10: Business is Casual
Today we had two company visits and they were very informative as well as eye-opening. First, we went to the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham). This company is a group that helps out American businessmen and women in China. The presentation we received had information on the business environment in China and how…
Day 10: The great company adventure
Today started, as usual, with a great breakfast. This morning it starred a really good waffle and some espresso which was really great. We then were off to AmCham, the American Chamber of Shanghai. government to work together on creating a better world. This was especially prominent with the recent trade tariffs between China and…
Shanghai Shipping
Today was a short yet interesting day. We started bright and early at 7:30 this morning. We then made the two hour track to the shipping yard. Along the drive we had a University of Pittsburgh alumni tell us what her life has been like since she moved to China over 7 years ago. She…
Day 10: Am Cham and Horiba Visit
Today we had two company visits. The first was Am Cham Shanghai which stands for American Chamber of Commerce. Am Cham is an international business association which basically aims to strengthen trade between the US and China by supporting businesses and advocating for different policies. They gave us a lot of information about China’s economy…
Day 9: All aboard! Last Stop: Shanghai
What is with some of these days disappearing?! Just kidding. Day 8 was another bullet train travel day! As we sped through the country side to Shanghai, my excitement for the new city was growing. The day started early, a common trend while we are here in China. After staring out the window at the…
AMCHAM & Horiba
Day 10 was a full day of company visits. Our first company visit we went to was AMCHAM. AMCHAM, also known as The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, was founded in 1915. The visit included a lecture given by a current employee of AMCHAM and a PNC employee. The PNC employee works in Shanghai…
Xi you later, Hai Shanghai!
When I woke up this morning, it was hard to believe that we were in Shanghai. Just the night before, we took the bullet train from Xi’an to Shanghai and checked into our five-star hotel just outside of downtown in a ritzy area of Shanghai. After checking in, we left the hotel to go on…
Day 7: All Terr(ain) Biking
In our last full day in Xi’an, we did two more tourist visits. The first visit was to the most popular attraction of our trip to Xi’an, the Terracotta Warriors. When I say it was the most popular attraction, the frenzy of people pushing to the front rail to see the pits were intense and…
Day 9: Dioramas and Darts
We arrived in Shanghai yesterday. After another 6 hour bullet train ride, we checked into the hotel which is incredibly nice. It’s so fancy that the blinds have their own remote and there’s a bowling alley in the hotel. The beds are also super comfy so I’m super excited to be staying here. They told…
Enjoying the City Life from Shanghai
Day nine was our first full day in Shanghai. Yesterday we traveled by bullet train to Shanghai. It took about the same amount of time as the first train we took, six hours. Once we arrived yesterday, we went to dinner at a pizza restaurant. We ate multiple kinds of pizza, French fries, and wings….
Day 9: How do those people bend like that?
The day before today started with a bullet train ride where I spent a good amount of the time watching Good Will Hunting and freaking out about the 76ers game even though I don’t watch sports. When we arrived, we got into the bus and headed to the hotel. On the way, I honestly wasn’t…
Happy Horiba-days
Today was by far the best day of company visits yet! The engineering side of me mixed with the business side resulting in an awesome day! We started by going to Amcham (The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Here we discussed the interactions of companies in relation to each other, the government, and the…
First Taste of Bejing
After nearly 24 hours of travel and not nearly enough sleep we made it to China! That first night we had a fantastic banquet style dinner finishing off with the Beijing special of Peking duck. The dinner itself was served on what are essentially massive lazy Susan’s in which you spin the food around and…
Flying High, in Shanghai
Wow. Just wow. We are now in Shanghai and China continues to take my breath away. Liliana said Shanghai is more New York than New York is and now I understand why. The buildings are skyscrapers and the designs are something of wonder. I said I could look at the mountains for hours but now…
Shanghai Shinanigins
Last night and today were amazing! Last night we got to experience Shanghai from the third story of a river cruise. We got to see the contrast between old Shanghai and new Shanghai, each on opposing sides of the river, as well as the awe of the lights and building screens. We also had the…
Having a Ball at the Great Wall
My time abroad so far has been jam packed with new experiences, and they started before we even landed in China. I have family in Germany that I fly out to visit every year so I thought I was ready for the long flight, but I was totally caught off guard by how long the…