Summer Palace
Author: Steven Brown We began our day early with a walk along the tree-lined streets of the beautiful Tsinghua university campus. The rising sun lit up the foliage and revealed clear blue skies that...
View ArticleTian-An-Men Square and the Temple of Heaven
Author: Emily Lake We started our day walking along the 12-lane Chang’an Avenue and stopped in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace. It was a Chinese holiday weekend, so we shuffled through masses of...
View ArticleNational Stadium and Yong-He Temple
Author: Jiyang Chu Although it was rainy today, we started our trip quite early in the morning with positive expectation. Two students from Tsinghua University, Yilin Liu and Chengzhu Zhang, acted as...
View ArticleHigh Energy Physics Institute and China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Author: Yuefeng Zhu Today’s trip started with a pleasant weather. Blue skies and golden sunshine reminded people of southern California. After the breakfast in the early morning, we took a short ride...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Train to Shanghai
Author: Niral Shah Our day started off like any other in Beijing with a bright and early breakfast at the Tsinghua University hotel, but unlike other days, this day was special as it was our last in...
View ArticleYellow Mountain
Author: Michael Streicher I am both excited and disappointed to write this article about our trip to Yellow Mountain (Huangshan to the locals). Excited because it was the best part of our trip;...
View ArticleQinshan Nuclear Power Base and Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Author: Bennett Williams During the stay in Shanghai, the group visited the birth place of nuclear power in China, Qinshan Nuclear Power Base. At first glance, the power plant facility resembles that...
View ArticleForbidden City, Jing-Shan Park, Bei-Hai Park and Zhong-Shan Park
Author: Jiawei Xia The visit to Forbidden City made up most of the trip on May 4th. The Forbidden City has a rectangular shape, with an area of 720000 m2. The whole construction of the city started...
View ArticleHangzhou
Author: Daniel Shy We left the Shanghai hotel promptly at 7:00 AM and made our way to the Hangzhou-bound express train. The majority of the group had breakfast on the train that consisted of noodle...
View ArticleTsinghua University Research Laboratories, Sohu and Beijing University
Author: James Berry On the morning of Friday, May 6th we left the guest hotel at Tsinghua University and walked across campus to visit the Department of Engineering Physics. We first visited a...
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