In all honesty, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect out of the US-China Student Summit as we got closer and closer to the actual dates of the summit. I wasn’t sure how enjoyable it would be and I had no idea what I would learn from the two days. Now that I look back […]
HOME HOME ON THE RANGE Ten days of touring the one of the biggest countries in the world, and what did I miss the most about the United States? The fresh, clean, and crisp air. It makes you wonder how some billions of people have lived their lives under a blanket of smog. The health […]
After an exciting morning meeting Yao Ming and hearing his humbling interview, we got the rest of the day off to enjoy our second to last day in Shanghai. I can’t believe our time here in China was coming to an end already. It has been an eye-opening and insightful experience seeing how much the […]
Traveling to Beijing and Shanghai opened my eyes to a completely different culture. The experience challenged the way I thought about my own. In America we are progressive thinking, constantly looking for change in areas we deem outdated. But imagine living in a society caught between the old and the new. This is where China […]
We closed the weekend with the US-China Summit, and with speeches by esteemed rocker Kaiser Kuo and basketball great Yao Ming, I have been both inspired and enlightened by the culture of China and openness of its people. Through the Summit and interactions with both American and Chinese students, I have gained a greater insight […]
Throughout the entire course, many professionals said that the most important relationship in the world is between the United States and China, at least for the next 100 years. The objective of this world summit was to bridge the various differences between the two nations through the youth. Personally, I felt as if the summit […]
Our information session at HSBC was one of my favorite parts of the trip thus far. First off, I knew they were a dominating corporation in the space, but I did not realize how HUGE of an international presence they had (all around the globe.) Obviously Shanghai and Honk Kong are extremely large markets for […]