KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
The last place I thought that I would ever make new friends was in
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
Before coming to
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
I never imagined how different
I knew Chinese food would be different. I think it~{!/~}s fairly common knowledge that Chinese food in the
We all woke up at 5:30 this morning.
Besides the flight to China and one other flight to
We all wanted to see the people doing Tai Chi on the Bund, and our friend Gu Xiaofeng (Charles) informed us that we must get there before 7 a.m....
KARYN MESHBANE
After hearing suggestions to go the Art Scene
TAYLOR MURPHY
On Saturday, June 9, in Hong Kong, we all traveled to the Tian Tan Budhha on
It was one of the things on my list to do while in
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
The
I didn~{!/~}t really know what to expect when I walked into a Western style building with elaborate crown moldings and high ceilings, but it served as an interesting contrast to the art pieces inside....
GREG LINCH
Flying back from
Taxis are necessary for traveling around cities in China and, after more than a month of visiting Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing and Chengdu, my group has somewhat mastered the art of catching a cab...
KARYN MESHBANE
Before a flight within
KARYN MESHBANE
We went to our first movie in
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
The smell of incense intoxicates your senses, the sounds of chanting and birds amuse your ears, and the sight of colorful robes dances before your eyes. This is what overcame me as I walked into Wenshu, a Buddhist temple in
KARYN MESHBANE
A list of notable observations about the unique
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There are no time zones in
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
People may wonder what could possibly be the worst thing that could happen while visiting
TAYLOR MURPHY
KARYN MESHBANE
Peacefulness. Open-mindedness. Ohm.
The minute I walked into the
GREG LINCH
I can see for miles and
miles as the world’s most famous man-made barrier snakes endlessly through the
mountains.
Countless bricks. Mortar
galore. Thousands of uneven stone steps. Steep inclines. A sign for the
Olympics?
Wait, that last one can’t be right.
GREG LINCH
GREG LINCH
BEIJING, PRC--- Though we have done many exciting things in the past week of our trip, my interest in last Friday's activities was of a different nature.
RYAN WATZEL
There is absolutely nothing worse than sitting next to someone with funky, curdling body odor. Except maybe being eaten alive by those bugs from The Mummy; that's arguably just as bad.
Flesh-eating bugs notwithstanding, there is absolutely nothing worse than sitting next to someone with funky, curdling body odor...
KARYN MESHBANE
~{!0~}You are so beautiful. Can I take picture?~{!1~}...
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
A brisk summer morning, the sky with a slight haze, and out of the mountains, a snake-like structure emerges out of the trees. This is how we encountered the
GREG LINCH
I awoke to a light rain this Thursday morning, roughly two hours before our group was scheduled to leave for
Such haze, the result of a
Mongolian dust storm, would only intensify as we traveled north to
TAYLOR MURPHY
So last night, Tuesday May 22, we saw an acrobatics show. I have seen La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil a couple of times, so I knew what to expect from an acrobatics show. The tickets were only 200 RMB (about $26), so I figured the production would be smaller than a huge spectacle like La Nouba.
KARYN MESHBANE
Ozymandias:
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read...
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
After being in
RYAN WATZEL
If I were in
In our first major Chinese journalism encounter, our group visited Shanghai TV on the morning of May 22. Part of the Shanghai Media Group, we visited the farther of two towers. Passing through the landscaped area in front of the 29-story building, we gazed at flowers that spelled out ~{!0~}SMG.~{!1~}
I woke up to the sound of horns a little after 7 a.m. on May 18 and peered through the window to see traffic in the form of cars, scooters and bicycles. The morning sky was smoggy and overcast in the distance.
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
Riding down the elevator this morning, I didn~{!/~}t realize how people can impact your life in such a short time. Prof. Bruce Garrison had told us that we were going to meet some of his former Chinese students, and I actually found myself kind of nervous because I didn~{!/~}t know what to expect. We had already become acquainted with Cai Yan, Lily, and Charlie, with whom we have become very close with, but I wondered if these new students were going to treat us differently or judge us in the same manner that we probably judged them; after all, first impressions either make or break you. As we introduced ourselves, everyone seemed very friendly and eager to get to know us and show us their
KARYN MESHBANE
Dining out in
Trying to master chopsticks after using forks and knives for 21 years slows down the entire eating process. If I am not dropping my food, I am only putting a little bit of food in my mouth at a time. During a 30-minute meal in
GREG LINCH
With almost 24 hours of travel behind us and now 12 hours ahead of
RYAN WATZEL
You could paint a house. You could read multiple books (as evidenced). You could mow the lawn thrice over, go back and pull up any weeds or roots and sort them by color, shape, texture, smell, and, if it's your taste, taste. Yes, the amount of pure stuff you can accomplish in 14 hours is remarkable. This assumes, of course, you're not strapped in a chair with the capacity to move, say, about as well as a sardine wedged in between his briny canned brethren....
RYAN WATZEL
The first thing that becomes unmistakably obvious is the smell. Shrimp chips, cured meats, sewage, jasmine, teas of every variety, smog, peculiar pastries, incense. My nose was inundated with these new things, and, to the dismay of my other senses, took over my perception....
KARINA SMUCLOVISKY
After a long and exhausting journey (14-hour plane flight and a five- hour delay in
GREG LINCH
If I see the clock display approaching 3 a.m. I usually ask myself, ¡°Why am I not asleep?¡± It must be another late night.
Not on Wednesday morning....
KARYN MESHBANE
When taking a 14-plus hour flight to
First impressions of Shanghai consisted of mainly just shock in being outside. After a 14-hour plane flight, it was pleasant to be anywhere outside, but even more wonderful that we were in Shanghai. The tall buildings adorned with neon lights are reminiscent of Las Vegas or New York, and some of them still have the art-deco feel of South Beach....
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