Ethical Issues in My Profession As we indirectly saw at Cheetah Mobile, there are ethical issues in every profession, even software engineering. Many of Cheetah’s games, such as Piano Tiles 2, are direct copies of other games that came before them. Because it is difficult to think of truly original ideas, many games or applications…
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Plus3 China 2017 Student
Day 12: Yu Gardens and Final Presentations
Today was our last day in China, and it seems like we just got here yesterday but also like I’ve known the people on this trip for years, not less than 2 weeks. This morning we headed to the Yu Garden, which was a 15th century garden complex in the middle of the city that…
Day 11: TE Connectivity and DuPont’s R&D Center
Today was our second and final day of company visits. First, we went to TE Connectivity, a parts manufacturer that makes computer parts for big name companies, such as Huawei and Lenovo. While there, we learned that there are 4 main departments in that specific factory: assembly, stamping, plating, and molding. We were only able…
Day 10: Cargo Ships and Sleep
Today we visited Yangshan Port on the outskirts of Shanghai. The port is the largest in China, and is also the largest and busiest in the world. We had nearly a 2 hour bus ride to the port, and we had a speaker on the bus to teach us a little bit about the shipping…
Day 9: Donghua University
Today we visited another college, Donghua University, which is in downtown Shanghai. Upon our arrival, we were ushered into a classroom in the university’s International Studies department, where we had another lecture about smartphones. This time the lecturer was an international professor, and we talked more about the phenomenon that is Chinese e-commerce and its…
Day 8: Another Train Ride, a Museum, and a Cruise
Today is our longest day by far: 6AM to 10PM. We left Xi’an very early this morning and took another bullet train to Shanghai, the last city in our grand tour of China. I was exhausted from the last couple of long days, but I managed to stay awake the whole way there, which surprised…
Day 7: Terra Cotta Warriors and Bikes
This has got to be one of the days I was most excited for: we saw the Terra Cotta Warriors! I didn’t really know what to expect going into today, but it definitely wasn’t what we saw. First of all, the Warriors are in multiple pits, but there’s one main one that houses an estimated…
Day 6: Children and Buddhist Temples
This morning we embarked on a service learning trip to the Children’s Village, which is essentially a group home for children whose parents are in jail. Although the premise of the Village is a sad one, the children there seem happy and well cared for. There are around 100 kids there, and they’re all between…
Day 5: Bullet Trains and Dumplings
We had a very early start today and long day too. The group met in the lobby at 6 AM to catch our bullet train to Xi’an, the next stop on our adventure. After passing through a very relaxed security check, we tried to board the train. The key word here is tried-the group was…
Day 4: the Forbidden City, Taichi, and Hutongs
Today was our last full day in Beijing, and we closed it out with a bang: the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, hutongs, the Temple of Heaven, and a taichi class. We started our day off in the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, where we saw Mao’s tomb and the largest town square in the world,…
Day 3: Cheetah Mobile and Microsoft
Today we had our first company visits-Cheetah Mobile and Microsoft. After a large breakfast, the group headed for Cheetah Mobile, a software and app development company. We pulled up to the company complex that was complete with cartoonish statues of big-headed cheetahs, plenty of grass and green space, and a sleekly modern building. Immediately upon…
Day 2: CUFE and lots of food
After another great breakfast of congee and fruit, we headed to the Chinese University for Finance and Economics, or CUFE for short. It was over an hour outside of downtown, so the bus ride was pretty long. After we got to CUFE, we were met by a bunch of students and escorted into a lecture…
Day 1: Congee and the Great Wall
Today was our first full day in China, and boy was it an exhausting one. After sleeping for 10+ hours (which is probably more sleep than I get in a week’s time during the semester) and STILL waking up exhausted, we headed down to breakfast. The food was delicious, but the highlight of the meal…
Predeparture thoughts
My international experience to date is… My international experience is abundant and diverse. My parents, younger sister, and I have traveled for as long as I can remember. At first, when my sister and I were younger, we’d take trips to Toronto, Canada, Ohio, upstate New York, and Puerto Rico. As we grew up, my…
Meet Plus3 China 2017!
Welcome to the China Plus3 Study Abroad Program! Each year, a group of freshman engineering and business students will conduct a 2-week field study in several cities China. The field study includes company visits, sightseeing, and lectures in China, and the students will learn about international dimensions of engineering, business, and culture. Each student will…