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Marco Polo – ZHENG He Academy

3 July–31 July 2010

Xiamen and Shanghai

CHINA

OCEAN CONNECTS THE WORLD WITH CHINA

Xiamen——Where Marco Polo Started His Journey Back Home To Venice

Shanghai——Where ZHENG He Started His Journey To Africa

CONTENTS

1. COURSES

2. FACULTY

3. APPLICATION

4. FEES

5. ACCOUNT

6. CALENDAR

7. MAIL ADDRESS

8. BACKGROUND

A. Xiamen

B. Xiamen University

C. Xiamen University Law School

D. Xiamen University Center for Oceans Policy and Law (XMU-COPL)

E. Shanghai

F. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

G. Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School

H. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Center for Oceans Law and Policy

(SJTU-COLP)

9. APPLICATION FORM

2010 Marco Polo – ZHENG He Academy

COURSES -- International Law of the Sea and the Chinese Practice – 1 credit

-- New Regime of the International Seabed As Established by the

UNCLOS – 1 credit

-- International Carriage of Goods Law – 1 credit

-- Maritime Law and Practice in China – 1/2 credit

-- Marine Environmental Law and Practice in China – 1/2 credit

Notes:

* The 2010 program includes two sessions. Session I will be held in Xiamen and

Session II in Shanghai. Students will take a train trip from Xiamen to Shanghai.

You may choose attending only Session I or both.

* Applicants should be certificated with English fluency (as measured by TOEFL

or any similar evaluations).

* Classes are arranged from 8:30 to 12:30 every Monday to Friday plus some

afternoon field visits.

* Students, who take and pass the examination after each of the courses, will be

issued an official certificate of credits by Xiamen University and/or a

certificate of attendance by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Center for Oceans

Law and Policy.


FACULTY - Prof. Kuen-chen FU

KoGuan Chair Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law

School：

International Law of the Sea and the Chinese Practice

- Mr. MAO Bin

Secretary-General (retired), the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D

Association (COMRA):

New Regime of the International Seabed As Established by the UNCLOS

- Prof. Sik Kwan TAI

HK Polytechnic University:

International Carriage of Goods Law

- Prof. ZHAO Jinsong

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School:

Maritime Law and Practice in China

- Prof. WANG Xi

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School:

Marine Environmental Law and Policy


Prof. Kuen-chen FU KoGuan Chair Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law

School

B.L. and M.L., National Taiwan University Department of Law

LL.M. and S.J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

He has been a visiting scholar of University of Washington School of Law and of

the Law School of Hong Kong City University. Prof. Fu taught International Law of

the Sea and Anglo-American Law of Contracts at the Xiamen University Law

School. He has helped establish the Xiamen University Center for Oceans Policy

and Law (XMU-COPL), and has served as the director of the Center. He is the

chief editor of the China Oceans Law Review (COLR), and a guest chair professor

of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) International Law Center, and

of the Shanghai Fisheries University. Prof. Fu has authored or co-authored more

than 22 books and more than 60 articles published in China, Chinese Taiwan,

Japan, North America or Europe. He has also served as an observer for the

International Law Association (ILA) in the United Nations Legislative Conference

for the 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement, and has served as legal advisor for the

authorities in Chinese Taiwan and the Marshall Islands.

Mr. MAO Bin Mr. Mao Bin, borne in Jiangsu Province in 1947，worked for the State Oceanic

Administration of China from 1969 to 2008 when he was retired. He obtained

his Master Degree in Marine Management from Dalhousie University, Canada. He

successively held senior governmental and diplomatic posts:

1. Secretary-General, the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association


(COMRA)a, Beijing, China , 2001—2008;

2. Deputy Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the

International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica, 1998-2001;

3. Delegate, Advisor and Deputy Representative of China to the Preparatory

Commission for the International Seabed Authority and for the International

Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and then to the International Seabed Authority

during 1986-2008;

4. Deputy Director-General，the International Cooperation Department of the

State Oceanic Administration of China (SOA)，Beijing, China, 1994-1998.

During this period of time, he concurrently served as National Program

Director successfully implementing the Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) Demonstration Program in Xiamen, China, in cooperation with the

United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) and Global Environment

Facilities (GEF);

5. Director, Science and Technology Division and Foreign Affairs Office, National

Marine Data and Information Service, SOA, Tianjin, China, 1987-1994;

6. Scientific Coordinator, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

of the United States (NOAA) for organizing and coordinating the joint program

of air-sea interaction studies in the west tropic Pacific Ocean between China

and the United States, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986.

As a senior research fellow, he has also held posts in the fields of law of the sea

studies, marine scientific research, and marine and coastal zone management.

He participated in the preparation of China's long-term marine development

strategy and the drafting of China Ocean Agenda 21.

He was guest professor, senior research fellow for several universities and

a COMRA is an organization responsible for coordinating, organizing and conducting the exploration and exploitation of resources in the “Area” beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, and for participation in the activities organized by the International Seabed Authority. It entered into contract with the International Seabed Authority in 2001 for exploration and exploitation of the resources in the “Area”.


research institutions. He is now senior consultant for the Department of

International Cooperation, SOA.

Prof. Sik Kwan TAI Ph.D. University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK

LL.M. King's College, University of London, UK

LL.B. National Chengchi University, Taiwan

His professional interests are Shipping Law. Prof. TAI is working on Dept. of

Logistics & Maritime Studies in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and he is a

member of HK Maritime Law Association. Prof. TAI teaches LGT2506 Carriage of

Goods by Sea, LGT3023 Carriage of Goods Law and LGT5012 Law and Practice

in Marine Insurance in the University. He has authored or co-authored 9 refereed

articles, 2 non-refereed articles, 8 refereed proceedings and 1 book. Prof. TAI

has undertaken 8 funded research projects, whose total funding is over

$810,000.

He served as the chair of Departmental Health, Safety & Environmental

Committee and Departmental Learning & Teaching Committee. Prof. TAI was the

faculty advisor of LGT Newsletter Editorial Committee. He is also the member of

Non Heads of Department Consultation Group in the University, the member of

the Board of Examination of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in

Hong Kong, and the executive committee member of The Institute of Sea

transport. Prof. TAI won Faculty Prize for Outstanding Performance/Achievement

(Teaching) in 2006/2007 Faculty of Business, and Good Performance in the

Department of Logistics Department of Logistics in 2006. He has also designed

two web pages, one of which is for published and continuous maintenance of

Data Bank on Hong Kong Logistics and Maritime Industries


( http://online.lgt.polyu.edu.hk/hkdata/ ), and the other of which is called

Tailaw Website (http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~lgttsk/).

Prof. ZHAO Jinsong Professor of Maritime Law, KoGuan Law School

Deputy Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Professor ZHAO received his Ph.D. from the University of Southampton, and his

M.Sc. from Dalian Maritime University. He is Arbitrator at the China Maritime

Arbitration Association and at the Shanghai Arbitration Court for International

Shipping, Professorial Research Fellow at the China Ocean Academy, Guest

Research Fellow at the Center for Maritime Law Research of the Law School of

Peking University, Adjunct Professor at Dalian Maritime University and Shanghai

Maritime University, and Visiting Professor at Marine and Shipping Law Unit

(MASLU) of the University of Queensland. He is also a Legal Consultant for the

China Classification Society, Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of

International Maritime Law at Oxford, Director of the China Ship Fund, and

Independent Director of the CSC RoRo Logistics Corp. Ltd.

Professor ZHAO has served as a deck officer on ocean going vessels. He had

worked at leading shipping law firms in London and Hong Kong, and also in

Shenzhen and Shanghai, where he practiced maritime, admiralty, and insurance

law under the laws of United Kingdom, Hong Kong Law, and of China before his

join in the SJTU. Professor ZHAO has served as the Director of the Legal Center of

China Shipowners’ Association, and has a wealth of teaching, research, and

practical experience in navigation technologies at sea, ship finance, maritime

law, admiralty law, and insurance law. He has published over 100 articles,


including ten SSCI, SCI and CSSCI Journals and EI articles. A representative

academic publication is “When do the Collision Regulations Begin to Apply”,

published in the Journal of Navigation in 2008.

Prof. WANG Xi Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School

Professor WANG Xi teaches and studies environmental resources law. He is

currently the Director of Environmental Resources Law Research Institute, Chair

of Environmental Resources Law, and Ph.D. Advisor at Shanghai Jiao Tong

University KoGuan Law School. He also serves as a member on the National

Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (“CPPCC”). He is a Member of

the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on

Environmental Law, and a Member of the Governing Council of IUCN Academy of

Environmental Law (representing East Asia). He is a Board Member of the

Chinese Council on Sustainable Development (under Ministry of Science and

Technology of PRC) and a Board Member of International Council on

Environmental Law (Germany). He serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for Oxford

University Press’s International Environmental Law Yearbook, and an

international editor on the editorial boards of Asian Pacific Environmental Law

Magazine and Mcquarie International and Comparative Environmental Law

Review (Australia). He received his B.A. from Wuhan Normal College (1981), his

LL.M. from Wuhan University (1984), his LL.M. from Washington University, U.S.A.

(1987), and his PHD. from Wuhan University (2000).


APPLICATION

Application Procedures:

To apply, please do the following:

1. Fill out the application at the end of this brochure or online at the Marco

Polo–ZHENG He Academy website: http://www.copl.info or http://lawnet.xmu.

edu.cn/cols/index.aspx.

2. Send a letter of good academic standing from your school, law firm or

institution;

3. Send a letter of recommendation from a professor of your school;

4. Send a copy of English fluency certification;

5. Send a legible photocopy of the first page of your passport;

6. Send emergency contact numbers;

7. Enclose a current resume;

8. By date of final payment, show proof of registration with the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of your country for your travel in China.

Application deadline: 20 May 2010

Applications must be received on or before this date. Complete applications are

reviewed for admission to courses by the teaching faculty. Incomplete

applications, applications lacking supporting documents or signatures, will not

be reviewed.


FEES

Session I:

US$ 1,000 (≈RMB￥ 6,800) for 2 credits, including tuition, room, breakfast,

lunch, tours, opening reception and closing banquet, etc.

Session II:

US$ 1,100 (≈RMB￥7,500) for 2 credits, including tuition, room, breakfast, lunch,

tours, opening reception and closing banquet, etc.

Train Ticket:

About US$ 60 (RMB￥400), to be collected before leaving Xiamen for Shanghai.

Date of final payment: 14 June 2010


ACCOUNT:

We can only accept US dollars or Chinese RMB. (Sorry, we can not accept checks of any kind)

For SESSION I:

All payment from abroad should be wired to:

Paying Bank: BANK OF CHINA XIAMEN BRANCH

Beneficiary’s A/C No: 8400 6241 450 8093001

Beneficiary’s Name: XIAMEN UNIVERSITY

Beneficiary’s Address in CHINA: Xiamen University, Xiamen,

Fujian 361005, CHINA

Remittance Route (SWIFT): BKCHCNBJ73A

All payment from China should be wired to:（国内汇款方式）:

户名：厦门大学

汇入行：中国工商银行厦门分行厦大支行

账号： 41000 217090 24904 620


For SESSION II:

All payment should be wired to:

Paying Bank: BANK OF CHINA SHANGHAI BRANCH GRAND-GATEWAY SUB-BRANCH

Beneficiary’s A/C No: 044544 8500 00793828093001

Beneficiary’s Name: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERISTY

Beneficiary’s Address in CHINA: Shanghai Jiao Tong University，800

Dong Chuan Road ， Minhang

District, Shanghai 200240 ，

CHINA

Remittance Route (SWIFT): BKCHCNBJ300

Notes:

1. Please send us the receipt of your payment in your application packet or by fax or email (scanned photocopy) before 15 June 2010.

2. Please attach message on the receipt as:

From: ( your full name, your country name)

Payment for the 2010 Summer Program

To: COPL, Xiamen University or The International Programs Office, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University


CALENDAR

DATE CLASS TIME EVENT TIME

July 3 Saturday

SESSION I Xiamen University Campus

Arrival at Xiamen

Airport

July 4 Sunday

Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception

16:30-17:30

July 5 Monday


(Prof. Kuen-chen FU) 8:30 -12:30

July 6 Tuesday


(Prof. Kuen-chen FU) 8:30 -12:30

July 7 Wednesday


(Prof. Kuen-chen FU) 8:30 -12:30 Field Trip

July 8 Thursday


(Prof. Kuen-chen FU) 8:30-12:30

July 9 Friday

Examination

2~3 hours in the morning, to be decided by the tutor

July 10 Saturday

Tour to Quanzhou, Starting point of the ancient Silk Way at

the Sea --where Marco Polo started his

journey back home

8:00-18:00

July 11 Sunday

Free time

July 12 Monday

The New Regime of the International Seabed As

Established by the UNCLOS (Mr. MAO Bin)

8:30 -12:30


July 13 Tuesday



8:30 -12:30

July 14 Wednesday



8:30 -12:30 Field Trip

July 15 Thursday



8:30 -12:30

July 16 Friday

Examination


Closing Ceremony & Farewell Banquet

18:00-20:00

July 17 Saturday

Arriving Shanghai

from Xiamen by Train Time to be announced

SESSION II Shanghai Jiao Tong University downtown

campus

July18 Sunday

Reception

Welcome Reception 16:00-18:00

July 19 Monday


(Prof. Sik Kwan TAI) 8:30 -12:30

July 20 Tuesday



July 21 Wednesday




July 22 Thursday


(Prof. Sik Kwan TAI) 8:30 -12:30 Field Trip

July 23 Friday

Examination


July 24 Saturday

Free time

July 25 Sunday

Free time

July 26 Monday


(Prof. ZHAO Jinsong) 8:30 -12:30 Field Trip

July 27 Tuesday


(Prof. ZHAO Jinsong) 8:30 -12:30

July 28 Wednesday

Marine Environmental Law and Practice in China

(Prof. WANG Xi) 8:30 -12:30 Field Trip

July 29 Thursday

Marine Environmental Law and Practice in China

(Prof. WANG Xi) 8:30 -12:30

July 30 Friday

Examination


Marco Polo –ZHENG He Academy

Closing Ceremony & Farewell Banquet

17:00 -19:00

July 31 Saturday

Departure


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BACKGROUNDER

Xiamen The Ancient Harbor Where Marco Polo Started His Journey Back Home to Venice

Xiamen, on the southeastern coast of China, to the west of Taiwan Strait, is a well-known,

scenic port city commonly known as the "Garden on the Sea" and the "Glittering Pearl on

the Sea". Dubbed "China's coziest city", Xiamen has a pleasant climate, picturesque views

and clean and tidy environment. In 2002, Xiamen received the Gold Medal at the

"International Nations in Bloom"（Now “The International Awards for the Most Livable City"）

competition in Stuttgart, Germany. Domestic awards have included "National Sanitary City",

"National Garden City", "National Model City for Environmental Protection", "National

Excellence in Tourism" and "National Top 10 Most Livable Cities". In March 2005, it was

ranked 9th among 200 Chinese cities for its comprehensive

strength. Natural Geography Xiamen is situated on the

southeast coast of Fujian Province, and planted smack in the

mouth of the Jiulong（Nine Dragons）River, so in ancient times

she was called Xia Men（Amoi）, or "lower gate (to the sea)".

Inevitably, Xiamen became a haven for pirates and merchants

(roughly the same occupation). Eventually the name was

amended to the present Xia Men（厦门）, or "Mansion Gate," which also means "Gate to

China". It lies at 118° 04' 04'' east longitude and 24°26' 46'' north latitude. It is 695

nautical miles south of Sanghai, 287 nautical miles north of Hong Kong, 162 nautical miles

from Taipei. At the back of Xiamen lies the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Plain, and facing

Xiamen across the Taiwan Strait are Taiwan Island and Penghu Islands. In the 1950’s,

serious Chinese civil war between Chinese Communists and KMT once blocked daily

communication n between Xiamen (Amoi) Island and Jinmen (Quemoi) Island, which is only

1800 meters away from Xiamen, and is still under Chinese Taiwan’s jurisdiction today.

Today’s Xiamen and Jinmen is the bridge between China Mainland and China Taiwan.

The topography of Xiamen is characterized by a gradual descent from the south to the north,

with the northwestern part being relatively flat and the southern part mountainous and hilly.

The Xiamen Harbor, which is a harbor of the strait type, has a coastal line that zigzags to

234 kilometers. It is a natural haven with deep water that is ice-free all the year round. The

best overall weather in China, combined with one of the world’s best natural deep-water

harbors, has helped rank Xiamen’s 81 berth port in China’s top ten.


Climate

Xiamen has a subtropical climate. It is generally mild and temperate. It has an average

annual temperature of approximately 21°C. Winter in Xiamen is not shivery while summer

is free from extreme heat. The city has an average annual rainfall of about 1200mm, mainly

concentrated on the months from May to August.

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

For its irresistible beauty Xiamen is described as Garden on the

Sea whose attractiveness is comparable to the famous Hawaii. It

is also called Egret Island for it provides the habitat for white

egrets. Xiamen has numerous parks, hills, waters, temples and

gardens that comprise a most adorable picture. Its unique folk

customs, celebrities well known at home and abroad and the

many historical sites are magnetic to visitors. Among the most

popular tourist destinations are Gulangyu Island, Wanshi Botanic Garden, thousand-year-old

Nanputuo Temple, Jimei Schools built by Mr. Tan Ka Kee (a famous overseas Chinese in

Southeast Asia in the first half of the 20th century), Ciji Palace, Huli Hill Fort where the

world's oldest shore cannon is displayed and the hometown of Mr. Su Song (a scientist living

in the Song Dynasty)

Marco Polo’ s mystical, magical port of Zaytun（Quanzhou）. Quanzhou （ which Marco

Polo called Zaitan） is a 70 mile drive north of Xiamen. Over 1,000 years ago, Xiamen was

part of Quanzhou, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, and prospered. Over 1,000

years before Christ, the West valued Chinese silk more highly than gold. One ship started

from Zaitan could carry as much silk as 700 cantankerous camels on the Silk Road of the

Desert. Marco Polo, who sailed for home from Quanzhou, claimed it rivaled Alexandria Egypt

as the planet’s largest and busiest port.

Special Economic Zone

In Oct 1980, Xiamen was empowered by the State Council of P.R.C. to establish special

economic zone, which is one of the first group of SEZs approved by the State. In March 1988,

Xiamen was approved by the State Council as a city under independent state planning and

was granted provincial-level authority in economic administration. From May 1989 to 1993,

the State Council granted its approvals for Xiamen to establish Taiwanese Investment Zones

respectively in Haicang, Xinglin and Jimei Districts. In March 1994, Xiamen was empowered

with local legislative power by the National People's Congress of P.R.C. As one of the few

municipalities enjoying independent status in state economic planning, Xiamen enjoys

provincial level autonomy and local legislative power in economic administration.


Culture

Xiamen has combined the long-standing traditional Minnan (Southern Fujian) culture with

modern western culture. Its friendly citizens and delightful environment make Xiamen one

of the best cities in the world, whether for working, living or studying. The blend of eastern

and western culture you encounter as you wander through the city is of endless fascination.

Transportation and Communication

As one of the most advanced cities in China, Xiamen has developed fast and convenient

means of transportation and communication. Its railway and highway systems, together with

the international airport, connect Xiamen with other major cities at home and abroad. In

terms of communication, the 2.5 G b/s wide-band internet, the GSM and CDMA mobile

telephone networks and the all-digital program-controlled telephone network bring the city

in close touch with other cities, regions and countries around the world.

Enjoy Amoy! Visit Sue's English guide to Xiamen & Fujian!

http://www.amoymagic.com (outside China)

http://www.amoymagic.mts.cn (within China)

Xiamen University The Most Beautiful Campus in China

Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, the well-known patriotic overseas

Chinese leader honored by Chairman Mao Zedong as the "Standard of the Overseas Chinese

and Glory of the Nation". It was the first university in China founded by an overseas Chinese.

Ever since its foundation, the university motto of "Pursue excellence; strive for perfection"

has inspired generations of Xiamen University people to conquer difficulties and strive hard

for one glory after another. More than eighty years of hard work has earned Xiamen

University the honorific title of "Strength of the South" and a distinguished reputation both at

home and abroad. At present it is the only key comprehensive university directly affiliated

with the Education Ministry in any of the five special economic zones and is one of China's

higher-level universities designated for the state key construction of the “211 Project” and

the “985 Project”. Xiamen University is now making great strides towards its goal of

"building a high-level university well-known both at home and abroad."

Campuses

In the past few years, the university has greatly improved its teaching and research facility

and its public service system. At present, the university has 3 campuses, which cover a total


area of about 8,000 mu. (One mu equals to 1/15 hectare.) Xiamen campus, located in the

southern part of Xiamen Island, has an area of 2,500 mu. Zhangzhou campus has an area

of 2,568 mu; and Jimei campus has an area of 2,800 mu. Situated

at the foot of the green mountains, facing the blue sea and

encircling Xiamen bay, the three campuses are set amidst

picturesque scenery. At present, the university has residential space

for students exceeding 1,300,000 square meters, a library holding

3,750,000 volumes of books, fixed assets with a total value of RMB1.5 billion; (Roughly

eight RMB yuan equals to one US dollar.) and instruments and equipment for research and

teaching worth RMB 579,000,000. The scope and level of its high-speed information

network on campus is rated at the top of all universities in China.

Achievement

Over the past eighty-five years, as the result of painstaking efforts by several generations of

faculty and graduates inspired by the school motto: Pursue Excellence; Strive for

Perfection, Xiamen University has accumulated rich experience in offering its educational

programs. The university presents its features as “a university in the Special Economic Zone,

on the coast near Taiwan, and with close ties with overseas Chinese." Following its fine

tradition of "loving the motherland and the university", it has enjoyed a fine reputation both

at home and abroad. Since its founding 85 years ago, over 140,000 students have

graduated from the university, and over 50 academicians of the Chinese Academy of

Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) have studied or worked at

Xiamen University.

Academics

With its 18 schools containing 45 departments and a group of research institutes, Xiamen

University, has become a comprehensive university providing a fairly complete range of

programs of education in humanities, social science, natural science, engineering and

technology, management, art education, medical science and law. Recently, the university

has offered 70 undergraduate programs, 165 graduate programs, of which 6 are

professional masters programs, and 100 Ph.D. programs, in addition to post-doctoral

research centers set up in 12 first-class disciplines. At present, many subjects in the

university have been proved to be excellent. 13 subjects have been assessed and awarded

as “The National Key Disciplines”, and 65 subjects have been awarded as “The Provincial

Key Disciplines”. In addition, 5 subjects (Chemistry, Biology, Life Science & Technology,

Economics and History) have been designated as “National Educational Centers for Talents”;

eight more subjects were constructed as the state key disciplines in the "211 Project” during

the period of the ninth five-year plan; and eleven other subjects are under construction as

the state key disciplines in the "211Project” during the period of the recently finished tenth

five-year plan of the country.


Faculty

Xiamen University has over 4,900 staff, including 2,061 full-time faculty and professional

researchers. Seventeen of them are academicians of CAS and CAE (8 academicians of CAS,

1 academician of CAE, and 8 adjunct academicians). Moreover, 7 faculty members of

Xiamen University are seated in the State Council's Academic Degree Appraisal Committee.

Among the full-time teachers and researchers, there are 1,252 professors and associate

professors, including 337 doctoral supervisors; 820 holding a Ph.D. degree; and 786

returned scholars from overseas. Among the teachers below the age 45, 16 have obtained

the "Science Grant for National Outstanding Youth" from the state; 8 have received the

“Education Ministry Award for Excellent Young University Teacher”; 8 have been listed in the

"One-hundred plus One-thousand plus Ten-thousand Talent Project”; 16 have been included

in the Ministry of Education's training program for the "Leading Figure for the New Century";

18 have been included in the Education Ministry first assistance program for “Outstanding

Figures of the New Century. The university has set up distinguished professorships in 8

subjects supported by the "State Yangtze Scholar Award Program" and distinguished

professorships in 4 subjects supported by "Min-Jiang Scholar Award Program" in Fujian

Province.

Inter-university Cooperative

Xiamen University has established inter-university cooperative ties with 89 institutions of

higher education outside China Mainland. Responding to the challenge of higher educational

globalization, Xiamen University has worked to speed up the level of cooperation with

globally recognized outstanding universities. It is one of the original members of the "Global

U7 Consortium". The "Global U7 Consortium" comprises Xiamen University and six other

universities, including the University of Washington, the University of Rhode Island, Inha

University, the University of Haifa, Le Havre University, Royal Melbourne Institute of

Technology. By establishing academic ties with 24 universities and colleges, 63 research

institutes and 34 media outlets in Chinese Taiwan, Xiamen University has become one of

the universities in China Mainland most actively engaged in educational, scientific, and

cultural exchanges with Chinese Taiwan.

Xiamen University Law School One of the Top 10 Law Schools in Modern China

Xiamen University is one of the universities in China that started higher legal education at an

early stage. In June 1926, the University established the Section of Law, under which there

were three Departments, i.e., the Law Department, the Politics Department and the

Economics Department. In February 1930, all the Sections of the University were converted

to Colleges, and the Section of Law was consequently renamed as Law School. Having


experienced several adjustments, the present Law School is organized on the basis of the

original Law Department. Over the years since its re-opening in 1979, the Law School has

attracted a pool of brilliant young and middle-aged scholars and teachers, which constitutes

a strong, well-structured and everlasting teaching and research force. Presently, there are 61

full-time teachers in the Law School, including 18 professors and 19 associate professors.

Particularly, two professors have been respectively selected into the National “Hundred,

Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project” (the first and the second levels) and the

“Trans-Century Talents Training Program” of the Ministry of Education.

Bearing in mind the University’s Motto of “Pursue Excellence,

Strive for Perfection”, centering on talents cultivation, and

following the goal of academic prosperity, the Law School has

developed its own characteristics in disciplinary construction.

At present, the School owns one postdoctoral program and

five LL.D. programs, it also owns eight LL.M programs and one

program of Juris Master (JM), among which International Law has been approved as the

National Key Discipline and Civil & Commercial Law the Key Discipline of Fujian Province.

The Projects of “Studies on International Economic Law and the Law of Taiwan, Hong Kong

and Macao” and “Studies on International Economic Law and Oceans Law” have

successively been approved as key construction items of the National 211 Project.

Presently, the School has 7 teaching & research sections: jurisprudence, constitution &

administrative law, civil & commercial law, criminal law, economic law, procedural law and

international law. In addition, the Law School has established the International Economic

Law Institute, the Civil & Commercial Law Institute, the Roman Law Institute and the Center

for Oceans Policy and Law, as well as the Center for JM Education and the Teaching &

Experiment Center. The School has also published its own academic journals edited by

several famous professors, i.e., Xiamen University Law Review, Journal of International

Economic Law and Roman Law and Modern Civil Law, which have all received common

recognition from the academia of China.

The Law School owns very good teaching facilities. The whole School occupies more than

10,000 square metres, among which 8,235 square metres are for capital construction of

the buildings. The School owns an office building, two teaching buildings, multi-media

classrooms and standardized case-study classrooms. Xiamen University Library not only

owns an abundant collection of legal books and materials, but also introduced and

developed some important databases of electronic journals (including LEXIS-NEXIS). In

1998, the University has specifically set up a law library as a branch of the Xiamen

University Library, which has also been approved to be a UN depository library.

The Law School of Xiamen University was among the colleges in China that first began the

teaching and research of International Economic Law. Over more than 20 years’

development, the comprehensive level of the discipline of International Economic Law has

come to rank among the top in China. Particularly, in the fields of IEL basic theories,


international investment law, international economic treaties and international economic

organizations, international tax law and international economic disputes settlement, a large

number of academic achievements have been developed with considerable influence both

at home and abroad. The Law School also started its construction of Civil & Commercial Law

at an early stage, with its research scope covering the main fields of civil and commercial

law. Based on the theories of civil and commercial law and following the practice of China’s

reform & opening and of the construction of market economy, it has developed its own

characteristic research directions. Outstanding achievements have been developed in the

fields of Civil Code and Roman Law, part of which is in the leading position in China.

Xiamen University Center for Oceans Policy and Law

(XMU-COPL) One of the Leading Research Institutes in Asia for Oceans Policy and Law Studies

Established on 15 January 2002, XMU-COPL is now affiliated with the University’s Law

School and the Ocean and Coastal Development Institute (CODI). The Center offers

consultation services irregularly to governmental agencies, NGOs, and commercial

corporations on various subjects. Center members have a wide range of expertise and

professional capabilities on ocean related subjects, e.g., marine zoning, maritime boundary

delimitation, fishery business management, marine scientific research, shipping and

navigation dispute settlement, marine environmental protection, integrated coastal zone

management, under-water civil engineering, and cultural relics

preservation …etc. The Center offers the following services to both public

and private sectors in the region: Analyzing and interpreting international

and domestic law of the sea rules; Planning of ocean research and

development strategies; Writing policy papers for ocean and coastal

management; Designing marine environmental protection constructions;

Drafting pertaining treaties or contracts; Drafting pertaining legislations; Legal services for

pertaining litigations or arbitrations; and Training programs on the above subjects. In the

past six years, with cooperation with more than fifteen ocean-oriented institutes from home

and abroad, the Center has already finished many projects, and have sponsored or

co-sponsored eleven important seminars or conferences in the field of international law and

policy-making. At present, the Center has its LL.D. and LL.M. degree programs in the field of

International Law of the Sea. More than this, it has been publishing the first and the only

oceans law journal in China, the China Oceans Law Review. The Director of the Center, Prof.

Kuen-chen Fu serves as the chief-editor of this commonly acknowledged academic

periodical.


Shanghai Where ZHENG He Started His Journey To Africa

A Guide to Shanghai 2009

By Bob Lai1

I started visiting Shanghai 12 years ago to look for my roots. By the standards of the rest

of the world at that time, Shanghai was materially backward. Yet compared to inland

regions in China, it was comfortable and sophisticated. At a grocery store on Nanjing Road,

you could buy fresh milk and bread. Women wore dresses with flowery patterns and

spreading fringes that were reminiscent of western couture many decades ago. Because of

my family roots and the combination of east and west that was a legacy of its colonial days,

this old Shanghai seemed both familiar and exotic. Its beautiful mansions in the French

concession, stone grotto alleys, three-story houses with tiger windows, narrow streets lined

with shops and plane trees, ballroom dance halls, traditional bathhouses, the Park Hotel,

the Paramount, the amusement center in Xin Shi Jie, the city library which was once the

betting house of the race track, the ferry to Pudong—such places had a hold on the

imagination because of the stories that haunted around them and their link with relatives

who had always lived in the city.

But that is the old Shanghai. Since then much of it has been torn down and replaced with

the most modern of roads, parks, office buildings, and condominiums. It has also grown

many times in size. There are thriving new neighborhoods in Gubei (古北), Xujiahui (徐家

匯), and Pudong (浦東, east of the river) where suburbs or rice paddies used to be. Within

Pu Xi (浦西, west of the river), an ordinary city guide lists 300 pubs and restaurants and

these are only the recommended ones. Each weekend, there are openings for new

restaurants, hotels, pubs, and discos. Luxury brands host parties where the scene of an old

mansion or riverside park, lavish stage props, thousands of well-dressed guests, and

hundreds of staff and security make the description of “gala” or “extravaganza” seem

inadequate.

Against the background of the reforms initiated by Deng

Xiaoping thirty years ago, Shanghai has regained some of its

former grandeur and reaffirmed its namesake which bears

the connotations of “float on the sea” (海上) and “descend

into worldliness” (下海).

But the blending of old and new, east and west, and capitalism and socialism is not

1 (about the author) The son of a former ambassador to the U. S. and Italy, Bob lived between Europe and America when he was young, then moved to the Orient to look for his roots and receive a Chinese education. Because of his background and his mother, who is originally from Shanghai, he is able to provide not only insider advice on how to tour the city, but also unique insight into the evolution of a society.


complete and not, by any means, homogeneous. The hardware has been put into place but

the sensibility of the average citizen is still moored in the backwaters of state enterprise. It

is a curious combination. Local people often don’t have the faintest idea what many

newfangled things are for. Nor do they feel comfortable with the dizzying pace of change.

For foreigners, Shanghai holds a powerful attraction. It is partly the mystique of old

Shanghai with its legendary wealth, culture, and decadence that they are looking for. It is

also the cosmopolitan atmosphere which has been compared to New York. Though

Shanghai is not yet as cultured or sophisticated as New York, it is also not as established

and predictable. In this may lie the secret of Shanghai’s charisma. She is a baby New

York blessed with the future.

It is a situation that is not so different from the colonization of America by Europeans in the

nineteenth century. But in this case, east meets west and two hundred years of industrial

revolution and technological progress have been condensed into two decades. The speed of

change, the collision of cultures, the "pioneer" mood--the sense of a virgin land with

unlimited possibilities for anyone who has a dream--these are the reasons why people from

all over the world come. For the designer, it is a workshop for new concepts. For the

debutante and libertine, it is a playground. For the sociologist, it is a laboratory where an

experiment that has never been attempted before in the history of mankind is going on.

For these reasons, it is difficult to appreciate Shanghai if your time is limited. As is true of

New York, the short visit may only leave an impression of chaos. But if you have only a few

days’ time, here are some of the places you should consider visiting:

There are places on the itinerary of most visitors to Shanghai—Cheng Huang Temple (豫園),

Shanghai Museum (上海博物館), Peace Hotel (和平飯店), Dong Tai Road Antique Market (東

台路古董街), and Xintiandi (新天地), to name a few.

Chenghuang Temple (城隍庙) or Yu Yuan (豫園) is a complex of buildings that represent the

oldest part of the city. On its periphery are shops that sell cheap clothing, fake antiques,

and tourist souvenirs and restaurants that serve food which is quite ordinary. There is a diner

that is famous for its steamed dumplings but they are no match for Ding Tai Feng (鼎泰豐),

the Taiwanese dumplings franchise which has a branch in Xintiandi. Wandering among this

maze of shops that teems with life, it is easy to overlook the focal point of the visit which

should be the temple, an old wooden teahouse in the center of a pond, and the large

southern-style garden in back of it. If you go, you should visit these sites. The garden takes

about an hour to walk though. Its doors close at 3 PM. It was the estate of the Pan family

during the Ming Dynasty 450 years ago, and then renovated several times again in the last

200 years. There are, of course, more exquisite gardens in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Due to its immense fame, Xintiandi (新天地) is also a mandatory stop and certainly worth a

visit, especially at night when the old buildings are most charming by the dim light of

antique lamps. This five acre restoration and re-gentrification of a run-down neighborhood


was a sensation when it opened seven years ago. It has classy restaurants like Va Bene, T8,

and Xin Ji Shi (新吉士) and clubs that pack the house nightly with live shows such as Luna,

Ark, and La Maison. An annex in the next block was added three years ago with a plaza for

events, a cinema, fashion boutiques, and more restaurants and clubs. As an example of

urban planning, Xintiandi is a clever blend of old and new and a solution to the problem of

how the city’s lane-houses could be preserved. But it is hard to say how much of old

Shanghai this place has distilled. The style is really more post-modern than it is traditional.

The shops are quite middle-of-the-road in taste. The people are mostly from out of town.

One who is looking for genuine atmosphere will probably not find it here.

If you like Chinese art, you should go to the Shanghai Museum (上海博物館) in People’s

Square. The museum is ugly from the outside. To say that its design is based on the idea of

a rice cooker would not be far from the truth. Its collection is meager when compared to the

Palace Museum in Taiwan where the best treasures from China are kept. But its works are

well chosen and tastefully displayed. If you are interested in collecting antiques, the Fuzhou

Road Antique Market (福州路古玩市場) is just a few blocks away. If there is time, also take

a walk through Dong Tai Road Antique Market (東台路古董街), an older market with more

character. A few decades ago traditional art was spurned by the populace for its feudalism

and decadence which explains why you could once come across real treasures here at

bargain prices. Then antique collecting and auctioning came into fashion and a huge

underground forgery industry kicked in so that pieces of true value are now few and far

between. Still, they are interesting places to try one’s luck. Even without a worthy souvenir to

take home, the bargaining that goes on and the tricks that dealers play can be as

entertaining as the works themselves.

The Peace Hotel (和平飯店), at the corner of Nanjing Lu (南京路) and the Bund (外灘), is one

of Shanghai’s most famous historical landmarks and worth a short visit. Take a walk

through the lobby and the gallery on the second floor and you will get some feel of the

atmosphere of the city in the thirties. People stay for the nightly jazz show which is said to

be performed by the same musicians as in the old days. But there is little flavor of old

Shanghai in this act, with cameras flashing incessantly and the drummer’s foot lagging half

a beat behind the rest of the band. If you are at the Peace Hotel, also visit M (for Michelle,

the Aussie owner) on the Bund which is three blocks west on the same riverfront. The

address is No. 20, 7F, Guangdong Lu (廣東路 20號 7樓). This is the earliest example of a

trendy new franchise in an old colonial building on the Bund. Due to its pleasing décor,

quality food and service, and the ace up its sleeve which is a sweeping view of the Bund,

Huang Pu River (黃浦江), and Pudong from its balcony, it has enjoyed steady business since

it opened many years ago and has become a favorite among the foreign community.

Recently, the same owner opened The Glamour Bar on the sixth floor. Its wooden floors,

comfortable sofas, oval bar that seems studded with pink jewels, and beautiful views of the

river and Pudong make it an attractive place to go for a cup of tea in the late afternoon or a

drink in the evening.

Across the street is Three on the Bund, a restoration of an old six-story building along the


lines of its prototype Xintiandi, but with more elegance and grandeur in mind. The first

floor houses an Armani boutique. The second, the elegant Evian Spa, whose chaste interior

resembles a Greek temple. On the third floor is the Shanghai Gallery of Art where the best

view can be had of the pyramid-shaped atrium which is the center piece of the whole

building. Above that is Jean Georges, a French restaurant whose exquisite décor in shades of

gold and black and menu of innovative dishes have given it a reputation as the classiest

restaurant in town. On the sixth floor is Laris, a restaurant whose walls and floor are a

beautiful mosaic of inlaid, pastel-colored stones. It is a popular place because of the tasty

food, the pleasing ambience, the view of the river, and the added novelty of a seafood bar

and chocolate factory. On the top floor is a restaurant called New Heights which is more

casual in ambiance than its neighbors with fusion food, a younger clientele, and a bar area

connected to a balcony with a view of the river.

A block away from the Peace Hotel is Bund Eighteen, a later restoration of an old building

than Three on the Bund with the same concept in mind. Designers of this project used

pale-colored mosaic tiles and Venetian glass chandeliers in the scheme of the atrium to give

a feeling of lightness and translucency. The building has luxury clothing and jewelry

boutiques on the first and second floors, an elegant Shanghai style restaurant named Tan

Wai Lou on the fifth floor (Postmodernism is even part of the name of Tan Wai Lou or

“Pavilion outside the Bund”, a play on word that doesn’t make linguistic or geographical

sense.) On the sixth floor is the popular new French restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Bund with

concept art decor and minimalist/molecular style food. To add to the wackiness of this

sumptuous but also screwball venue, its opening time extends into the wee hours of the

morning. On the roof of Bund Eighteen is Bar Rouge which derives its name from the

Venetian glass chandeliers that hang from its ceiling. It owes its popularity to its elegant

décor, acrobatic bartender, trendy music played by a resident DJ, and a huge terrace with a

sweeping view of the river close to its great bend. It is so crowded on weekends that a

barricade is often set up downstairs to regulate the flow of customers.

In the French Concession, there are several stylish restaurant/bars which inhabit the bodies

of colonial mansions. One of the earliest and most famous of these is a place called Face

inside the garden of Rui Jin Hostel (瑞金賓館). It is easier to get there if you ask the cab

driver to take you to the gate of 瑞金賓館 that is on 復興路. Or you can enter by the gate

on 茂名路 and see the garden on your way there. The interior of the mansion has red walls

and is decorated with large wooden statues and furniture from China and Southeast Asia.

There are traditional Chinese wooden frame beds fitted with padding and pillows where two

or three people can have a drink lying down and (as always happens) indulge in fantasies of

decadence. The Thai restaurant on the second floor has a nice view of the garden but the

Indian restaurant on the first floor is reputed to have better food. This exotic building that

was the most fashionable place to hang out in the city five years ago is now the haunt of

people from out of town. Its status as an anachronism is a testament to the changeableness

of life “on the sea”.

There are other restaurant/bars in old aristocratic buildings. One of lesser renown is La Villa


Rouge on Hengshan Lu (衡山路) at Xujiahui Park (徐家匯公園). All by itself at the edge of a

beautiful park, it is smaller, quieter, and more upscale than Face. There is a restaurant and a

cozy little bar on the side with music played by a live jazz band. It is a wonderful place to

have a drink with a friend late at night. Once the home of a famous Chinese general, the

Spanish style mansion Ambrosia at 159 Fenyang Road (汾陽路 59號) serves Japanese food

and has a sumptuous buffet on weekends. The food and atmosphere have been highly

praised by all who have gone there. There is also Lao Che Zhan (老車站, or Old Train Station)

at the circle of Xu Jia Hui (徐家匯) which is an old Christian monastery with two train cars in

the garden that once carried dignitaries such as Song Qingling, wife of Sun Yatsen. You can

choose to dine in either the main hall of the monastery or the train cars. The restaurant

serves decent Shanghainese food and has a display of old photos and early modern

antiques in its long hallway.

The monarch of all establishments in this vein is a club named The Yong Foo Elite (雍福會)

at 250 Yongfu Road (永福路 250號) near the corner of Yongfu Lu and Hunan Lu (湖南路).

The estate, which formerly housed the British Consulate, was acquired and re-designed by a

local Shanghainese antique collector who has achieved what must be the greatest

concentration of early modern Chinese and western antiques in one venue. All of them are

of museum quality so it is like a museum. On the other hand, everything is functional. A

walk through the enchanting building, garden, and teahouse in the evening is not only like a

trip through time to some aristocratic mansion in antiquity, but also like an excursion to

some celestial place—possibly the moon palace of Chinese legend.

The Radisson Hotel (興國賓館) was built by the French in the 1920s, used by the Communist

government as a residence for foreign dignitaries, then renovated and opened for business.

In its public form, the place retains a relaxed and private ambience. When you go, ask the

driver to enter the gate and drop you off at the hotel. It is an elegant building with a

charming coffeeshop. But spend your time taking a walk in the garden. Have a look at the

white mansion in the southeast corner. Behind it is a broad lawn surrounded by magnificent

trees. Amid such splendor, one can envision what aristocratic life must have been like in the

French Concession long ago.

The Radisson is also at the center of the most exclusive neighborhood in the Concession.

When you exit the garden through the gate on 興國路, embark on one of the nicest walks in

town by making a right and following興國路 for 100 meters. Then double back, make a right

on湖南路 and a quick left on高郵路, cutting across to復興路. From there, go right on復興

路 for 100 meters, then double back and follow the road to its end at華山路. Make a right

there and continue down 華山路 for another 100 meters. You will see many beautiful old

houses along the way, including Ding Xiang Garden which was a gift to one of the wives of

the Qing Dynasty Minister Li Hongzhang. It costs nothing and takes only a half an hour.

The most exciting post-modern experiments in restoration of old buildings are taking place

in the warehouse district by the banks of Suzhou Creek. One example of this is at 1247

South Suzhou Creek Road (南蘇州河路 1247號). It is on the downtown side of the canal


between Taicang Lu (太倉路) and Xinqiao Lu (新橋路). The place was designed by the

Taiwanese architect Deng Kunyan and is run by a movie director named Steve Wang. On the

third floor is a large room with bare floorboards, stark wooden beams, and refitted steel and

glass windows that is used for events. In the beginning, few appreciated the unromantic,

post holocaust atmosphere of this place, perhaps too much of a reminder of the stark

socialist past. But it caught on and has been an important venue for designer brand

launches, company parties, and even wedding ceremonies of local Shanghainese. It is

another variation on the bonding of past and present that is going on in modern Shanghai.

Across the river from this location is the Creek Art Center, a restoration of an old flour

factory that was originally to be demolished. Art exhibits are held on the second and third

floors. Lectures, movies, and rock and roll concerts take place on the fourth floor. On the

sixth floor, there is a restaurant which serves Mediterranean-style food. Its charming décor

and sweeping view of the industrial neighborhood make dinner a special experience. This

gray-red brick building is a nostalgic remnant of an earlier time. Standing alone on the north

bank of the canal like a sentinel guarding the past, its stark charm gives assurance that the

decision to preserve it was the right one.

For lovers of contemporary art, there are two other sites worth visiting. The older, smaller

“Taikang Lu” is a charming alley full of small studios, galleries, boutiques, cafes, restaurants,

and teahouses. It is on Taikang Lu (泰康路) between Sinan Lu (思南路) and Ruijing Lu (瑞金

路) close to downtown. The newer, larger “Moganshan Lu” is a complex of some 50 studios

and galleries in old warehouses at 50 Moganshan Lu (莫干山路 50號) by Suzhou Creek.

One could spend a leisurely afternoon at either of these places. Of course it is hard to say

how good contemporary art in China is at this time. The country went through a revolution

that severed its connections with the past. One can see that many artists are struggling not

only to find a style, but also a context for their work. But the presence of so many galleries

displaying so much work may be a sign of hope.

Food is an inexhaustible subject for a city that has seen hundreds of new restaurants open

within the last ten years. Some of the most innovative experiments in both cuisine and

restaurant design are taking place on this testing ground of the human palate. A few places

that have gained recognition were noted before. Some others are worthy of mention.

Mediterraneo, at 1317武定西路 near 江蘇路, is in a colonial style house redecorated to

look like a villa in Capri. It has kept a low profile in Shanghai so that it is never overrun with

people but it serves good Italian food amid the pleasing setting of a beautiful garden and

veranda. Jade on 36, at 36F, Tower 2, Shangrila Hotel, Pudong (浦東香格里拉酒店新樓翡

翠 36), offers a breathtaking view of Shanghai. Its entry is a giant rice bowl complete with

rice grain chandelier and the bar a pink and green Chinese jewel box. The food is Euro-Asian

in adventuresome combinations, presentations, and textures—leaves, paper-thin wafers,

sorbets, foams, infusions--that are both delicious and funny. The union of a decor and

cuisine that are both deconstructionist in logic makes for a unique dining experience. The

Kitchen, also riverside in Pudong but at ground level, is at Unit D, 2967 Lujiazui Xi Lu (陸家


嘴西路 2967 號 D 座). Despite the awkward name (its owner is Japanese), it offers a

magnificent view of the Bund and the best pizza and pasta in town. A Future Perfect is a

kind of boutique diner in a small house with a small garden at 16, Lane 351, Huashan Lu

(華山路 351弄 16號) in an area where Shanghai’s writers and artists used to live. Its small

size is part of its charm, in addition to the fresh, wholesome, tasty food that costs very little

but is cooked with much feeling and skill.

The good tourist who is looking for local flavor will inevitably ask the question that had been

obscured by such a flood of exotic options. And that is: How can I do as the Shanghainese do

when I am in Shanghai? Where can I find a good local restaurant? To which the answer is far

from clear since there are many places which out-of-towners go to because they are

well-advertised but where show exceeds substance and the same quality of food is available

elsewhere at a fraction of the cost. But there are some unlisted places where

Shanghainese whose families have lived in the city for generations often go. This is saying a

great deal for a cuisine in which food is sent back to the kitchen when a pinch of extra

cornstarch has clouded the glaze or five seconds’ extra time in boiling water has ruined the

buttery softness of the shrimp. Ji Shi (吉士) is a small two-level restaurant on Tianping Lu (天

平路) 20 meters from the intersection of Huaihai Lu (淮海路). It is not the same as the

aforementioned Xin Ji Shi or “New Ji Shi” (新吉士), a popular chain whose style is based on

Ji Shi. Here at “original Ji Shi”, there is a pleasant and unassuming old Shanghai ambience

with cheerful lighting, old photos of the city on the wall, creaky floorboards, a steep staircase

to the second level, and small tables arranged close to one another. The food is authentic

Shanghainese cuisine, both deep in flavor and impeccable in appearance. Lan Gui Fang (蘭

桂芳) is another old restaurant at the corner of Xianxia Lu (仙霞路) and Loushanguan Lu (樓

山觀路). It has a menu that consists exclusively of seafood noodles which is a novelty. The

notion of seafood noodles as an independent genre of food may even be an original concept.

But its style of cooking is quintessentially Shanghainese. A popular dish, huang yu noodles

(黃魚麵), uses huang yu or “yellow croaker”--king of fish in Shanghainese cuisine--as its main

ingredient. The clam and crab noodles are also exquisite. Chun (春) or “Spring” is on

Jinxian Lu (進賢路) 30 meters from the intersection of 茂名路. With no décor and only ten

square meters of space to accomodate four tables, it looks like a hole-in-the-wall. Yet

well-dressed Japanese women with dainty manners sit expectantly waiting for their orders,

unfazed by the lack of linen and silverware and limos sometimes park outside while

executives dine within. It has a family atmosphere and serves delicious traditional

Shanghainese food in large portions.

The history of nightlife in Shanghai is in itself a most intriguing story. Until ten years ago, it

was considered decadent to go drinking and dancing late into the night. There were also only

one or two places of dubious reputation to go to. Then in the mid-90s, Shanghai came out of

the closet. Clubbing suddenly became acceptable. Club population experienced a Big Bang.

Old Shanghai sophistication which socialism had never thoroughly erased also made the

perception of what is trendy as important as the place itself. Today, there are not only all

kinds of clubs in existence, but several openings of new venues every month. The abundance

of clubs and the glamour of party life is a distinctive characteristic of the new Shanghai and


for many fashionable young people, a way of life, as evidenced by their weekend texting of

the message “Where’s the party?”

Lounge 18 on the fourth floor of Bund 18 is a relatively new venue with a beautiful old

wooden floor, a comfortable layout, a well-trained bar, and music that has character.

Though no less glamorous, it is a more leisurely alternative to its aforementioned upstairs

neighbor Bar Rouge which can be frenetic or touristy at times. It is one of the few nightspots

in Shanghai where it is possible to both carry on an intimate conversation and dance. Mint, a

branch of an international chain, occupies the top floor of a building on the corner of Fuzhou

Lu (福州路) and Shandong Lu (山東路) not far from the Bund. A combination of restaurant,

disco, and sky lounge with velvet curtains, dark, metallic-colored décor, and a long aquarium

filled with live sharks, it has managed its door skillfully and staged enough promotional

events to maintain its charisma for businessmen and the nouveau riche. Of several swanky

“mega bars” in town, it is the only one that has enjoyed popularity over a long period of time.

For younger venues that play hiphop, Muse has enjoyed the most popularity since its

opening two years ago. It is at No. 68 Yuyao Lu (余姚路) near Xikang Lu (西康路) north of

Jing An Temple in what was formerly an industrial part of town. There is a techno room and

hip-hip room downstairs and a VIP lounge upstairs where hiphop is often performed live and

where fashionable young local people and overseas Chinese gather in great numbers.

Following the success of this venue, a whole complex of clubs and bars mushroomed up

around it but none with any ambiance to speak of. Muse, with its backstreet location and

barren décor, has very little ambiance itself so that its success is a riddle. Part of its

mystique could be the management which made Park 97 famous. They may also have

benefited from the decline of other trendy hiphop clubs such as Guan Di and Volar which

once held a magical attraction for young locals and overseas Chinese. The most ephemeral

aspect of urban life is the popularity of nightspots and it is often anyone’s guess who the

goddess of nightclubs will smile on next.

The aforementioned Park 97 is in the old French Park--now Fuxing Park (復興公園)--at the

corner of Sinan Lu (思南路) and Gaolan Lu (皋蘭路). It used to be a combination of a

restaurant and techno club on the first floor and a second floor lounge with a live band that

played oldies from the 70s and 80s. Because of the charm of its location and its diversity, it

held, in the words of one sour competitor, “a stranglehold on Shanghai nightlife” since its

opening in 2000. Recently it underwent a renovation and reopened as a techno club with

loud music, dark lighting, and a local clientele so that it is now more limited in appeal.

Among pure techno clubs, the most popular one in recent times has been Muse 2. Located

on the top floor of the luxury mall Plaza 66 at 1266 Nanjing Xi Lu (南京西路), it has a twenty

meter-high ceiling, a huge semi-circular window, white stone floors and walls with matching

white curtains, minimalist furniture, and a graceful floor plan. Owned by a prominent

Chinese actress who spent many years in Hong Kong, it hosts visits from world class DJs and

is frequented by entertainment industry people, businessmen, and the offspring of cadres

who are riding the crest of the Marxist-Capitalist wave that is sweeping China. This white


techno palace would be a sure hit if not for its music which is a little loud, even by techno

standards, and its somewhat homogeneous crowd of nouveau riche Chinese.

Since the 1980s, rock and roll has lived and thrived in China with surprisingly little

contention from the government. In Shanghai, rock and roll can be experienced at two

venues. The older one, Yuyintang (育音堂), is at the corner of Yanan Xi Lu (延安西路) and

Kaixuan Lu (凱旋路). It is a homey place with a history of some great shows. The new one,

Mao Live, is inside a charming new complex of studios and galleries at No. 570 Huaihai Xi

Lu (淮海西路 570號). Its large space and ample budget have enabled it to produce some

big shows recently including some top acts from Japan. In addition to Shanghainese bands,

these venues occasionally host bands from the north of China where the China rock

movement began and is still the most vibrant.

Jazz, the flower of western urban civilization, would seem to have little place in a developing,

post-socialist society. But jazz was part of Shanghai’s illustrious past in the 1930s when it

was the most fashionable place in the world and it has not forgotten that heritage. There are

several well-known jazz clubs in town. Blues and Jazz, at the corner of Fuzhou Lu (福州路)

and the Bund, is owned by a popular Shanghainese TV celebrity. Although it is the most

senior of all the jazz clubs, it has an emphasis on newer, fusion jazz. CJW (“Cigar, Jazz, and

Wine”) is also a popular venue with good music but being in Xintiandi, cannot escape the

commercial feeling of its surroundings. With its smoke-filled air, intimate tables, and quality

bands that play jazz from the 50s and 60s, JZ Club at No. 46 Fuxing Lu (復興號 46號) in the

middle of the French Concession may be the quintessential jazz club of Shanghai. Its large

following of both local and foreign clients who are serious about jazz seem to bear this out.

If you are in Shanghai for more than a few days and the weather is nice, try to schedule a

trip to Hangzhou to see the West Lake, or Xi Hu (西湖). It is a convenient day journey by train.

If you have only a few hours to see the lake, hire a boat and ask the boatsman to take you

past Duan Qiao (斷橋), Bai Ti (白堤), Hu Xin Ting (湖心亭), Su Ti (蘇堤), and finally San Tan

Ying Yue (三潭印月), an island in the middle of the lake where you can stop for a short visit.

Such a ride alone would be satisfying. If you have more time, visit places around the lake

including Xi Lin Qiao (西泠橋), Qu Yuan Feng He (曲院風荷), Hua Gang Guan Yu (花港觀魚),

Lin Yin Temple (臨隱寺), and Liu He Pagoda (六合塔). There is also a relatively unknown

lakeside estate called Guo Zhuang (郭莊)--or Guo Family Manor--which should be on your

itinerary. This tranquil complex of gardens, terraces, and pavilions contains a lake and is

also adjoined by the larger one. Not only is it an ideal place from which to view Xi Hu, there

is also pleasure to be gained from the contemplation of this mirroring, which is a variation

on the themes of ever-changing vistas and the universe in miniature which constitute the

Chinese garden aesthetic.

In the end, no particular aspect of the Xi Hu is more outstanding than any other. There is no

center point. It is rather the cumulative process of exploring the lake and, while doing so,

getting a little lost in its maze of inlets, woods, bridges, ponds, and dikes, that is the source

of its great charm. This is why people who have spent a little time there want to linger by the


lake for a while longer so that they end up prolonging their stay, sometimes indefinitely.

Another convenient day trip is to Suzhou, the Venice of China and a city that is steeped in

ancient culture and history. There is the famous pagoda at Hu Qiu (虎丘) there and a

beautiful park which surrounds it. There are Zhuo Zheng Yuan (拙政園) and Liu Yuan (留園),

the best examples of the southern Chinese garden. There is the bell-tower in Han Shan

Temple (寒山寺 ) that was immortalized in a famous poem from the Tang Dynasty.

Unfortunately, most of the old houses in the city have been torn down and the once

picturesque canals covered up by roads so that you can no longer hire a boat and tour the

city on water. Since ten years ago, Suzhou has been at the mercy of Marxist-Capitalist

policies. At the center of the city is a new shopping mall and at its center, like a jewel in a

crown, a Pizza Hut. In an instant, you are transported to suburban America. It is a sad irony

that the government views these measures as progress in the ongoing implementation of

their "Chinese style of socialism".

For a true taste of a traditional southern Chinese canal city these days, you need to go to

smaller versions of Suzhou that have yet to be spoiled by modernization. There are still a few

of these, among which Zhou Zhuang (周莊) is the most well-known. But since it became

popular, its residents have moved away and its houses turned into souvenir shops so that it

has become a town without a soul. About the same distance from Shanghai is a similar

place called Wu Zhen (烏鎮) where residents still go about their normal daily life. It is

therefore more highly recommended. To get to either of them, take a bus from the Sports

Stadium (萬人體育館) in Xu Jia Hui (徐家匯) between 8 and 10 in the morning. You can

come back on the same ticket any time later in the day.

The best entertainment and events guide to Shanghai is a monthly magazine named That's

Shanghai. It is comprehensive and intelligently-written. Shanghai Talk is more concise but

still informative and very sophisticated in taste. You can get a copy of these publications for

free from major hotels and western style restaurants. There is also a website at

which has daily information about events and restaurants with

consumer reviews that are useful for reference.

Enjoy your visit!

Shanghai Jiao Tong University（SJTU）

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education, is a

key university in China, jointly run by the Ministry and Shanghai Municipality.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University formerly the Nang Yang Public School was founded in 1896 by

Mr. SHENG Xuanhuai. It is one of the oldest universities in China. The University, through its


century-long history, has nurtured large numbers of outstanding figures and made

significant contributions to the thriving and prosperity of the nation and the development of

science and technology. Its famous alumni include JIANG Zemin, LU Dingyi, DING Guangen,

WANG Daohan, QIAN Xuesen, WU Wenjun, ZOU Taofen, MAO Yisheng, CAI Er, HUANG Yanpei,

SHAO Lizi, WANG An and so on. Of all the academicians of China's Academy of Sciences and

Academy of Engineering, more than 200 are the alumni of Jiao Tong University.

Since its adoption of the reform and opening up policy in China, SJTU has taken the lead in

the management system reform in the institutions of higher learning, thus regaining its vigor

and vitality as well as momentum for rapid growth as never seen before. A number of its

disciplines have been advancing towards the world's first-class level, such as communication

and electronic system, naval architecture and ocean engineering, automatic control,

composite materials, and metal plasticity processing. A batch of burgeoning branches of

learning has occupied an important position in the country, such as Large-scale integrated

circuit, computer science, optical fiber technology, systems engineering.

Today SJTU boasts 20 academic schools: the schools of Naval Architecture and Ocean

Engineering, Mechanical & Power Engineering, Electronics &

Electric Engineering, Material Science and Engineering,

Sciences, Life Science and Technology, Humanities and Social

Science, Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Chemistry and

Chemical Engineering, Management , International and Public

Affairs, Foreign Languages, Agriculture and Biology,

Environmental Science and Engineering , Pharmaceutics,

Medical, Law, Media & Design, Micro-electronics, Information Security, Software and 2

directly affiliated departments: Department of Plastic Technology and the Department of

Physical Education, plus a Graduate School. Besides, it also has School of Continuing (adult)

Education, School of Online Learning, School of International Education, and a Vocational

School. There are 60 undergraduate programs, 152 masters-degree programs, 93 Ph.D

programs, 16 post-doctorate programs, 16 State key doctorate programs and 14 State key

laboratories and National engineering centers.

SJTU boasts a good number of famous scientists and professors, including 22 academicians

of the Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering, 31 "Changjiang Chair Professors"

and more than 1, 420 professors and associate professors.

Its total enrollment of full-time students amounts to 38,000. There are 18,000

undergraduates and 18,100 candidates for Master's Degree and Doctor's Degree. The

centennial Jiao Tong University has inherited its old tradition "high starting points, solid

foundation, strict requirements and extensive practice" which has cultivated one group of

qualified students after another. Today the old tradition is endowed with new content and

has become the fine style of learning of Jiao Tong students. With such tradition SJTU is

training students into excellent qualified talents with solid and broad theoretical foundation,

complex knowledge structure, international communicative ability and comprehensive


development in morality, intelligence and physical fitness. Students from SJTU have

achieved top prizes in various competitions, such as the International Mathematical Contest

in Modeling and Electronics Design Contest. Teachers from SJTU have won a number of top

prizes in the national Award of outstanding achievements in Education for their teaching,

research and textbooks compiled.

SJTU has beautiful campuses, occupying an area of more than 200 hectare in total, and

possesses plenty of advanced teaching and research equipment and facilities. Now, it

has six campuses, the Xuhui, the Minhang, the Qibao, the Shangzhong Road, the

Fahuazheng Road and the Chongqing Road (south). Over the past decade, the number of

students in SJTU has grown from 5,000 to more than 38,000, the floorage of various

buildings from 230,000 square meters to 800,000 square meters, and the area of

campuses from 40ha to 200ha. Apart from the major buildings such as the Lecture

Buildings, Laboratory Buildings, Dormitories and Gymnasiums, SJTU also has the Bao

Zhaolong Library which is well-known throughout the country. Various laboratories, including

university central laboratories such as "Computer Center" and "Audio-visual Education

Center" are equipped with advanced research and teaching equipment and facilities.

SJTU has been actively involved in International academic exchange programs with foreign

universities. To date, it has established relations with more than 100 renowned universities

and colleges in the world as well as connections with many research institutions,

corporations and enterprises at home and abroad. SJTU has invited more than 100 famous

scientists and specialists as honorable professors or consulting professors, including the

Nobel Prize winners and physicists Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao and Ding Zaozhong. SJTU

sends excellent teachers and students abroad every year to give lectures, to study or to

attend international academic conferences; meanwhile SJTU invites foreign specialists and

scholars to give lectures or to have academic exchanges. SJTU is the nodal point of “China

Education Science and Research Networks” in east China region, and through computer

networks, SJTU has faster and closer connection with universities, scientific research

institutions and corporations both at home and abroad.

In the new century, SJTU has formulated a grand blueprint for future development and is

determined to make continued efforts to build itself into a first class university in the world.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School

At the end of the 19th century, Mr. Sheng Xuanhuai and a group of men of

foresight founded the Nanyang Public School in Shanghai—the predecessor

of Shanghai Jiao Tong University-- in the belief that "the top priority for

strengthening the nation is to cultivate talents, and to cultivate talents, we

must first run good schools". On December 14, 1920, the school was

renamed as the Jiao Tong University.


Law education at the university can be traced back to the special political curriculum offered

in the period of the Nanyang Public School. Presided over by Mr. Cai Yuanpei, the curriculum

was initiated in 1901, and included courses on constitutions, international public law and

international treaties. Eminent alumni such as Xu Mo, Li Shutong (Master Hong Yi) and

Wang Chonghui were from this class. Xu Mo was the first Chinese judge in the UN

International Court of Justice, Li Shutong was the earliest scholar translating and introducing

juristic works from the West, and Wang Chonghui was the first Foreign Minister of the

Government of the Republic of China, who signed the UN Charter as the delegate of the

Chinese Government and was twice appointed judge in the UN International Court of

Justice.

The history of the Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong

University can be traced back to the Teaching and

Research Department of Law established in 1986. After

six years' exploration, the undergraduate program in law

was formally established in 1992. The first group of

undergraduates in law was admitted in 1993, thus

starting the modern history of professional education in

law in the university. In 1996, the Law Department was

established, which acquired the right to confer master's degrees in law in 1998. On June 8,

2002, the Law School was established, and RMB

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