The Chinese Studies Institute at San Diego State University


 

bulletProfessor Mei Zhong took a group of 16 students to China in Summer 2001. This was a credited course on Intercultural Communication in China (COMM 496) offered by the School of Communication and through Extended Studies of SDSU. Students spent most of the three weeks at Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (TUFE) which has an official exchange program with SDSU. These students were able to attend classes on Chinese language and culture taught by Chinese professors, interact with TUFE students, interview local people on a pre-selected research topic on Chinese culture and communication, and visited historical and developing areas in Tianjin. They were also able to visit the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, and the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing. Each student completed a research paper based on the data collected during the trip and presented to an open public audience upon returning to the US.

 

This activity was reported by the Los Angeles based The Chinese Press
before and after the trip, in April and July 2001.
Chinese Newspapers  (Scanned images)
In addition, Dr. Zhong was invited to speak on Intercutlural Communication
to a graduate class at the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking
University, Beijing. Zhong and a student of hers were also interviewed by
the China's International Radio while in Beijing. The one-hour interview
was aired on July 8, 2001.

 

 

  

Dining out -- Chinese style

  

Shopping at the Ancient Culture Street.  Tainjin.

Learning Wushu (Kung Fu in Tainjin).

 

Visiting a pre-school

 

"Chitchat" session with Chinese college students. 

 

Visiting the Great Wall, Beijing. 

 

 

Visiting an Opera School, Tainjin.

 

Conference room of a developing area in Tainjin.

 

Visiting a Chinese home.

 

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