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Visit China to Understand the World

  Happy 2012 everyone! If you are still working on those New Years resolutions, how about thinking on doing something fun and smart at the same time? Nick Kristof on the New York Times just wrote an articles on “Where to Go to Understand the World in 2012” and here’s the first two sentences: “If […]

china reflections

hey all, ian here. i graduated early this past fall, which means that my beijing semester was my conclusion to college. i wrote this article for my personal blog.  it contains a few of my thoughts on my experience in china. enjoy:  http://yonasan-azriel.tumblr.com/post/15130800053/my-trip-to-china-has-been-long-over-sorry-for-the

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival from CAPS!

CAPS 2012 dining with CAPS alumni, faculty, and administrators in Beijing. CAPS 2012 with Chinese language faculty at the Great Wall.

[VIDEO] Cute videos about US-China exchange

This first video was introduced yesterday by Secretary Clinton at an annual event entitled “U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange.”  I think the second American’s 汉语 is pretty stellar, right? This second video is a promotional video for a language learning/touring program with EF Tours.  Apparently, if you go to Beijing, you are likely to find […]

What would’ve happened if I weren’t a CAPS major?

In the past month, I’ve been asking myself the question a lot. What would I have differently in my four years? How will the coming years be different? It’s a completely moot point, but sometimes, you can’t help but wonder. I imagine undergraduate decision-making to be a lot like 盆栽 (pén zai), the art form […]

Late Night Noshing

Finals have rolled around, and everyone here at Cornell (is mostly) studying. And writing. And studying, and writing, and finishing up projects, et al. This results in late nights, and with late nights, comes late night eats. I imagine typical students get something delivered from CampusFood.com, venture out to Collegetown Bagels, or go to the […]

恭贺新禧!

While February 14th is known as Valentine’s Day to most of us, to several billion people this year, it marks the start of a new year according to the lunar calendar — a.k.a. Chinese New Year.  It’ll be the Year of the Tiger (which, come to think of it, is the year most of the […]

China Bridge Winter Program Overview

Over break, 51 Cornell students, including 13 CAPS majors, visited China at the invitation of Hanban, the Chinese government’s language council and Confucius Institute sponsor.  Over the course of three weeks, CAPS students had a chance to visit Beijing (1 week) and Hangzhou (2 weeks).  Highlights of the Beijing portion of our trip included visits […]

新年快乐!

Happy 2010, everyone!  In China, it’s a traditional custom to eat oranges to celebrate the new year.  We ate oranges all the time in China (being health conscious after eating the sodium and calorie fortified dining hall fare, you know) — it’s easy to get a bunch for a couple kuai on campus.  There’s one […]

A 7 Hour Layover and Free Internet Equals

A blog post.  I was originally afraid of my layover  (at Narita International Airport in Japan) because I thought it was going to be 8 hours long, but Japan is a different time zone than China, so I only have to spend 7 hours at the airport!  Oh happiness.   I am being 50% sincere when […]

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