Encounters

Before I leave for Hong Kong I thought I would share a couple stories of Chinese people that I met since the start of my break. I felt it was important because, as I have mentioned before, our living situation at Zheda doesn’t really encourage international students to meet Chinese friends (though it doesn’t really [...]

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My Classes at Zhejiang

I thought I’d take a minute and describe my language courses at Zhejiang. Language education in China is pretty old school, teasing out the separate skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There is also a much higher cultural awareness of the difference between spoken and written registers in Chinese, and that can be seen [...]

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Zhejiang University Impressions

Sorry for the delay. Between figuring out my internet and generally getting situated I’ve been slightly busy. So far Zhejiang University (浙江大学) has made a pretty good impression on me. Despite a few hiccups in the registration and placement test, I’ve managed to get myself pretty much settled in. The quality of the dorms is [...]

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Update: Getting Ready to Go

Well, I haven’t updated this for a long time, and I don’t think anyone is following at all, but I thought I would make a post to say that I will be going to China very soon, and that means I will probably be posting somewhat regularly (Internet connection permitting) once I get there.  As [...]

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Where I’m going in 2009

So, since I’ve been starting to make arrangements, I decided I’d take a few minutes to post about my upcoming trips.  If you come accross this blog and don’t know me personally, I am a Foreign Languages major at West Virginia University, studying Spanish and Chinese Studies.  That might seem a little odd, and the [...]

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