In May and June 2007, five undergraduate students from the School of Communication and College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami traveled to the People's Republic of China . It was quite a 
journey for all of us.
In addition to spending almost six weeks living in our base city of almost 20 million residents, Shanghai , we visited the international business center of Hong Kong and China's capital of Beijing.
We also found time for trips to Xi'an and Chengdu in the central regions of the country.
Along the way, we met dozens of interesting people, spent time hanging out with Chinese students, and we learned about Chinese culture, modern life, and its amazing history. Our group members wrote feature stories, took photographs, and prepared entries in our blog.
Student travelers (in the photo at the right) were Ryan Watzel, Karina Smuclovisky, Greg Linch, Taylor Murphy, and Karyn Meshbane. They formed our team of writers and photographers for the 2007 study abroad experience.
Our experiences are reflected in our work. We hope you will take a few minutes to read the feature packages and the blog entries. And give us your comments.
We believe you will learn something about China and its amazing impact on the world. We certainly did...
Photographs above by Bruce Garrison and Cai Yan
TAYLOR MURPHY
SHANGHAI, PRC. --- As the curtain rises at The Shanghai Center Theater, the upbeat music begins, and four men and three women with tight red and gold jumpsuits take the stage. They perform a cheerleading style routine with flips, spins and gravity-defying feats that cause the audience to gasp and clap.
TAYLOR MURPHY
GREG LINCH
SHANGHAI, PRC --- Chinese mass media networks may not have played the same role in society as their Western counterparts since 1949, but they are nonetheless an influential aspect of the world~{!/~}s most populated country.
GREG LINCH
ZHUJIAJIAO NEAR SHANGHAI, PRC --- Live critters for sale on narrow avenues, an infant urinating in the street and accented shouts of “hello” from vendors may characterize a visit to one ancient watertown.
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