by Dave Hite
18 Days in
SW VA/NE TNInternational Business Study In China
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Where did we go?
Specifically…
Beijing
Xi’an
Shanghai
Hangzhou
Spelling is a bit funny…so…
X= sh ---- Xi’an (She ann)
ang = ong like in bong – not like tang ---- Shanghai (Shong hi)
Z = j --- Hangzhou (Hong Joe)
Other interesting facts about spelling:
Q = Chee (ex. Qing dynasty sounds like Ching)C = tsU = O
Who went?
Students and Professors from UVA, Emory and Henry, and Virginia Intermont
Shanghai
Shanghai
• Population: 18+ Million (over 30-million during the day when people from outside city come to work).
• Economic and transportation hub for China
• Largest Port in the World
• Has two of the largest buildings in the world
• Home of 300 of the Global Fortune 500 businesses
SISU Campus – where we stayed
while in Shanghai
The Bund: Most recognizable symbols of
Shanghai. Site of the earliest foreign
settlements after the Opium war of
1842.
Did you know?
Smog and Growth go
hand in hand in
Shanghai
Getting pictures with the tourists…Old Rickshaws used for transportation.
People
Where they live…sometimes 2 or 3 families
per 2-BR apt.
These folks kept staring at me at the
museum, so I said “smile” and
took THEIR picture.
Boat ride on the Haungpau
river in the Bund area.
They do EVERYTHING and
ANYTHING with a
bike…text message, carry
ladders, family….
Ride sharing
Mobile Astronomy
Even decorate…
Large outdoor park near SISU Campus where our group stayed.
Places
My penpal Kate – Professor teaching HR
and English course at her University
(SISU)
Cool fact: Her son’s name was “David”
prounced Dà wèi
Go U.T.
1st Vol
on SISU Campus
The campus was very well
groomed, had lots of nice
green spaces –
yet in the middle of the city.
Other students and instructors meeting their pen-pals
Shopping in Yu
Gardens during the
day
Things to DO or SEE
Shanghai Museum
The
Olympictorch was
passing
through the
next day.
This was the
presentation
stage
Garden Near
Lhasa temple
Acrobat Show at nightNote: They catch the pole with
their legs..no hands.
Shanghai at night
Hangzhou
The Liuhe Pagoda
of Hangzhou,
built in 1165 during
the Song Dynasty.
Tea Plants growing in one of
the oldest areas
known for Tea in
China
Hangzhou is very similar to
East TN, terrain wise. I
didn’t see any Tobacco fields
either
West Lake – a top
10 tourist
destination for
Chinese
A lady selling funny
gag gifts near our boat.
Our group needed a
break in the 85-degree
heat
Laughing buddha
Temple of the Soul's
Retreat: One of the largest
Buddhist temples in
China
Laughing buddhas
Cool statues carved in
stone were everywhere
BIG Buddha's!
Real Buddhists
TEA Time. Sorting, shaking, and drying tea leaves
Our group Tea Ceremony
See the tea
Smell the tea
Drink the tea
After tea, we attended a silk show at a museum at
the heart of Silk Road which was a famous road
for silk traders.
Pottery Detailing by hand
@ Ming Tomb
Leaving Hangzhou –
Ambulances line the
streets waiting for
Earthquake victims to
arrive by train.
Beijing
Tiananmen Square
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from
the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving
buildings with over 9,990 rooms.
2000 lb fire
fighting bucket
A pagoda is the general term
in for a tiered tower with
multiple eaves
The GREAT
WALL
Built in 6th Century B.C.
How long? 4000+ Miles
It has been estimated that somewhere in the
range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part
of the centuries-long project of building the wall
A local guide said that they were buried in the wall.
They call it the “Death Wall.”
I hiked 4-6+ miles at
different points of the
Wall.
In the Badaling section (touristy section) – you found many
people wanting to sell
postcards.
to protect the northern
borders of the Chinese
Empire from Xiongnu
attacks during the rule of
successive dynasties
So,
whythis long
of a
wall?
I visited the
Mutianyu section which
a very
different
section of the
wall than
Badaling.
Forbidden City
Many times English
translations were
interpreted a little
bit differently.
The “Birds Nest” where several of the Olympic
Games will be held.
Bike parking was everywhere.
There are even
special lanes just for bikes.
Beijing Opera
I saw a Wal-Mart
Summer Palace
Views of Bejing from Summer Palace
Food
Cicadas and Seaweed on my plate.
Actually those were pork ribs…mostly bone.
Duck head
Peking Duck
We found… Hooter Hot-wings..
yumm
Misty Buell at entrance of
Hostel in Hutong area
Xi’an
So how much does stuff cost?
Cab ride pretty much any where in the city
Memory Card for Camera
Tommy Bahamas Shirt
Back Massage
Awesome meal (Restaurant like Applebees or Cheddars)
4-star Hotel
$4-5
$5
$7
$6
$8
$40 per night
Train Ride to Xi’an
View outside my hotel window
My friend Tracy(aka: professor Meow
who teaches English.
Eating stuff on sticks
at a Chinese-Muslim
restaurant.
Night view outside my
hotel window
One of many street
vendors selling unique food
Night time entertainment in Xi’an
Last view outside my
hotel window
On this day, they celebrate
“Kids Day” with a
display in a local mall
Tour of one of the first Neolithic
villages (Banpo) which dates back to
5000 B.C. and a local terracotta
pottery factory with my guide Sarah
(dating back to 210 BC)
Terra-Cotta
Soldiers
Before unearthing, the warriors
used to be very colorful.
My guide took me to a small town
near the warriors where I met one
of the four farmers who discovered
the Warriors in 1974. This dude
was in his 70’s
Two of Tracy’s students take me on
a tour of the 10 mile wall around the
city.
40-ft high wall 12 miles around the main city
Tracy’s University – Xi’an International Studies University library
Freshmen English class where I taught a lesson about our region
“Rednecks of Appalachia” -- Thanks MSNBC!!!
Train Ride back
to Beijing
Sunset from the train ride home on the last night
Beijing Airport
The End